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Order XI. CARYOPHYLLACEIE . 
The Pink and Chickweed Family. 
FI. regular sometimes imperfect. Sep. 5 or 4 connected into 
a tube or free, persistent. Pet. 5 or 4 with a distinct claw and 
often notched or bifid limb, sometimes abortive. Stam. mostly 
10 or 8, sometimes 5 or 4, connected at the base or free. Ovary 
1 often stalked. Stigmas 2-5 sessile filiform. Caps. 1- or im- 
perfectly 2-5-celled, 2-5-valved, but usually opening at the top 
with twice as many teeth as stigmas, many-seeded ; placenta 
central. Embryo annular or curved roimd the farinaceous albu- 
men. — L. opposite without or rarely with stipules. 
Suborder I. SILENEHS. 
Sep. connected into a tube 5-4-toothed at top. Stam. con- 
nected below into a tube and with the pet. inserted on the 
distinct more or less elongated stalk (gynophore or carpophore) 
of the ovary. Caps, stalked. Pet. marcescent. 
1. Dianthus. Cal. 5-toothed clothed at the base with 2 or 
more imbricated opposite scales or bracts (except in D. 
prolifer L.). Pet. 5 with long linear claws. Stam. 10. 
Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled opening at the top with 4 valves. 
Seeds peltate, convex above, concave beneath and keeled. 
2. Siuene. Cal. 5-toothed naked. Pet. 5 with long linear 
claws. Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps, more or less com- 
pletely 3-celled opening at the top with 6 valves. Seeds 
renifonn. 
3. Agrostemma. Cal. 5-toothed naked ; the teeth produced 
elongated leafy. Pet. 5 with long linear claws. Stam. 10. 
Styles 5; stigmas hairy, papillary on their inner side. 
Caps. 1-celled opening at the top with 5 teeth. 
Suborder II. ALSINEvE. 
Sep. distinct. Stam. free inserted on a more or less distinct 
hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. — Pet. often deciduous. 
* Valves of caps, as many as the styles. 
4. Sagina. Sep. 4 mostly spreading or 5 closed in fruit. Pet. 
4, 5, or 0 entire. Stam. 4, 5, 10. Styles 4, 5. Caps. 4-5- 
valved many-seeded. Seeds reniform not winged. — 
L. without stip., connate at the base. (Sagina L. and 
Spergella Reichb.) 
5. Spergula. Sep. 5. Pet. 5 entire. Stam. 5-10. Styles 5. 
Caps. 5-valved many-seeded. Seeds lenticular, their mar- 
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