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Sapona'ria. Calyx inferior, 1-leafed, tubular, 5-tootlied, without scales ; petals 
5 with claws ; capsule oblong, 1-celled. (soap-wort.) 
' DiAN^'THUs. Calyx inferior, cylindrical, 1-leafed, with 4 or 8 scales at the 
base; petals 5, with claws; capsule cylindrical, 1-celled, dehiscent at the top. 
(pink, sweet-william.) 
TiARELLA. Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; petals 5, inserted into the calyx, ungui- 
culate, entire; capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. 
Scleran^'thus. Calyx 5-cleft, with the stamens inserted upon it; corolla 0; 
capsule 1-celled, covered with the calyx. 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
Sile'nb. Calyx 1-leaved, tubular or conic, .5-toothed; petals 5, with claws, 
generally crowned at the orifice ; capsule 3-celled, 6-toothed, many-seeded. 
Arena'ria. Calyx inferior, spreading, 5-leaved; petals 5, entire; capsule 1- 
celled, many-seeded, (sandwort.) 
Cucu'bulus. Calyx 1-leaved, inflated ; 5-toothed ; petals 5, unguiculate ; cap- 
sule 3-celled. (bladder-campion.) 
Stella'ria, Calyx 5-sepalled ; petals 5, deeply cleft; capsule 1-celled, opening 
with 6 teeth, many-seeded, (starwort.) 
Horten^'sia. Calyx 5 toothed, minute; corolla 5-petalled; the flowers com- 
posing the cyme have a large, coloured, permanent, petal-like 5-leaved calyx, 
and a minute, caducous, 4 or 5-petalled corolla; stamens 8, 10, or 11. (change- 
able hydrangea.) Ex. This plant is much altered by cultivation. 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 
Sper^'gula. Calyx 5-leaved ; petals undivided ; capsule ovate, 5-celled, 5- 
val ved. 
Ceras'^tium. Calyx 5-leaved; petals 5, 2-cleftor emarginate; capsule 1-celled, 
dehiscent at top, 10-toothed. (mouse-ear, chick-weed.) 
Agrostem^ma. Calyx 5-cleft, prismatic or tubular, coriaceous; petals 5, with 
claws; border obtuse, entire; capsule 1-celled, many-seeded, opening with 5 
teeth, (cockle.) 
Oxa'lis. Calyx permanent, 5-parted, or 5-leaved, inferior; petals 5, cohering 
by the claws ; capsule 5-celled, 5-cornered, dehiscent at the corners ; seeds 2 or 
more in a cell, covered with an elastic aril; stamens with 5 shorter, outer ones, 
adhering at their bases. 
Pentho'rum. Calyx 5 to 10-cleft ; petals 5 or 0; capsules 5-pointed, 5-celled ; 
cells divided transversely, many-seeded. (Virginian orpine.) 
Se'dqm. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft.; 5 petals ; 5 nectariferous scales at the base of 
the germ; capsules 5. (live-forever, orpine stone-crop.) 
Lych''''nis. Calyx 1-leaved, oblong, 5-toothed ; petals 5, with claws; the limb 
somewhat 2-clefi; capsule 1 or 5-celled, with a 5 toothed opening, (campion.) 
Ex. 
ORDER X. DECAGYNIA. 
Phytolac''''ca. Calyx 0; corolla 5-pe'alled or 5-cleft, calyx-like, inferior: 
berry 10-celled, 10-seeded. (poke-weed.) 
CLASS XI. ICOSANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
Cac"tds. Calyx superior, many-cleft, imbricate ; petals numerous, in many 
series, the inner ones larger ; stigma many-cleft ; berry 1-celled, many-seeded, 
umbilicaie. (prickly-pear.) 
Cuphe'a. Calyx inflated, tubular, 6 to 12-toothed, unequal, (wax-bush.) 
Deco'don. Calyx hemispheric, campanulate, 10-toothed ; 5 teeth longer and 
spreading; petals 5, undulate; capsule covered with the calyx, 3-celled, 3- 
valved. 
Lyth/'rum. Calyx cylindric, striate; 8 to 12-toothed; petals 4 to 6, equal, 
inserted on the calyx; stamens as many, or twice as many as the petals, some- 
times fewer ; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded, (milk-willow herb.) 
Pru'nus. Calyx inferior, 5-toothed ; corolla 5-petalled; drupe ovate or oblong, 
fleshy, very smooth, covered with grayish dust ; putamen compressed, acute at 
both ends, subsulcate at the margin, elsewhere smooth, (plum.) 
Ceras'us. Drupe globose or umbilicate at base, fleshy, very smooth, destitute 
a£ gray powder; nucleus sub-globose, smooth, (cherry.) 
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