ANALYTICAL DRAWINGS OF THE PURSLANE AND PINK 
FAMILIES — continued. 
In the third row of figures on our Plate, i shows a flower in longitudinal 
section ; 2, the calyx ; 3, a petal ; 4, the stamens and gynaeceum enlarged ; 5, the 
capsule bursting ; and 6, a seed. 
Lychnis has no stipules, five sepals united, five petals each furnished with a 
claw, ten stamens, five styles, and generally five teeth to the capsule. 
Lychnis Githago Scopoli is distinguished by the long leafy lobes of the calyx 
which are longer than the petals. The fourth row of figures on the Plate are taken 
from this species. Fig. 1 is the flower ; 2, a sepal ; 3, the stamens and gynaeceum ; 
4, the gynaeceum alone ; 5, an unripe fruit with the calyx ; 6, the same without the 
calyx ; and 7, a cross section of the same. 
The fifth row of figures represents Lychnis Flos-cuculi Linne, Fig. 1 being the 
flower as seen from above ; 2, the calyx which has only short teeth ; 3, one of the 
deeply four-cleft petals with a stamen ; 4, the stamens and gynaeceum ; 5, the 
capsular fruit ; and 6, the same as seen from above. 
The genus Silene is in most of its species distinguished from Lychnis by having 
only three styles and six teeth to its capsule ; but Silene amoena Hudson, the Sea 
Campion, which here represents the genus, is exceptional in agreeing with Lychnis in 
having five styles and five teeth. In the sixth row of figures, Fig. 1 is a flower ; 
2, a petal and stamen ; 3, the stamens and gynaeceum ; 4, the gynaeceum alone ; 
5, the same enlarged ; 6, the calyx in the fruit stage ; 7, the capsule seen within 
the calyx ; and 8, the seeds. 
Dianthus is distinguished by having two or more scales or bracts immediately 
below the calyx, two styles, and four teeth to the capsule. In the last row of 
figures on the Plate, Fig. 1 shows the calyx and bracts ; 2, a flower in longitudinal 
section ; 3, the stamens and gynaeceum ; 4, a cross section of the fruit ; and 
5, a longitudinal one. 
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