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Stems 2-3 ft., weak, diffusely branched. Lower leaves lanceolate, 
about 3 x 1 in. ; upper broadly ovate, pointed, about 1^-2| x 1-1 1 
Fig. 16. Lychnis nutans. 
in. Flowers nodding, in cymes, forming terminal panicles. 
Calyx \ in., globose. Petals hardly longer than the calyx, purple, 
limb shortly fringed, segments 4-6, undivided. (Fig. 16.) 
Huttoo ; July-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 9000-10,000 ft. 
7. CERASTIUM. From the Greek keras, a horn, referring to 
the horn-shaped capsules, which protrude from the calyx. — Tem- 
perate and cold regions. 
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves ovate or oblong. Flowers 
white, in terminal, forked cymes. Sepals 5, free, margins and tip 
scarious. Petals 5, shortly lobed. Stamens 10, occasionally 
fewer. Ovary sessile, ovoid ; styles 5. Capsule cylindric, twice 
as long as the calyx, opening by 10 teeth. Seeds many. 
Glabrous. Petals twice as long as the sepals . . . 1. C. dahuricum. 
Pubescent. Petals not longer than the sepals . . . 2. C. vulgatum. 
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