PARONYCHIEZ, 
4 Gymnoca’rpum. Calyx almost 3-parted. Petals 5, emu- 
lating sterile filaments. Stamens 5. Style 1; stigma simple. 
Capsule valveless, covered by the indurated calyx. 
5 Awy'cnta. Calyx 5-parted. Petals and scales wanting. 
Stamens 3-5, distinct. Style none; stigmas 2, subcapitate. 
Capsule covered by the calyx. 
6 Intx’cesrum. Calyx 5-parted, or nearly 3-sepalled, ending 
on the back at the apex, in an awned horn. Petals wanting, 
but there are 5 subulate scales in place. Stamens 2-5. Style 
hardly any ; stigmas 2, capitate. Capsule covered by the calyx, 
divisible into 5 at the stripes. 
7 Parony'cuta. Calyx 5-parted (f. 22. a.). Petals or scales 
5, linear. Stamens 5 (f. 22. a.). Style 1; stigmas 2 (f. 22. d.). 
Capsule indehiscent or 5-valved, covered by the calyx. 
8 Prntaca'na. Calyx 4-parted; segments very unequal, 
outer 3 spiny at the apex, inner 3 navicular, armed on the back. 
Stamens 5. Stigmas 2, short. Capsule 1-seeded. 
9 CARDIONE' MA. Calyx 5-parted ; lobes drawn out on the 
back at the apex into a straight horn. Petals wanting. Sta- 
mens 5, 2 sterile ones obcordate, flat, 3 fertile ones obcordate 
at the base, bearing each an antheriferous filament in the recess. 
Styles 2, hardly concrete at the base, long, revolute. Fruit 
oval-oblong. 
Terre III. 
; Potycarrm'x, Calyx 5-parted (f. 23. a.). Petals 5, or want- 
ing. Stamens 1-5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. Styles 
2-3, sometimes distinct, sometimes concrete. Capsule 1-celled, 
many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the central placenta.—Herbs or 
subshrubs, Leaves opposite. Stipulas scarious. The stamens 
n this tribe are almost hypogynous, and truly so in some genera, 
as n Polycarpæ'a, Stipulácida, and Ortègia, and therefore verge 
closely on the order Caryophýlleæ. 
10 Porycarræ a. Lobes of calyx with membranous edges 
(£. 20, a.). Petals 5. Stamens 5, nearly hypogynous (f. 23. a.). 
Styles 3, concrete at the base. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 
Many-seeded. 
11 Srrurrcoa. Lobes of calyx with membranous edges. 
Petals 5. Stamens 8, inserted in the torus. Style short, crowned 
by 8 stigmas. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, few-seeded. 
12 BAŁA RDIA. Lobes of calyx flattish. Petals 5. Stamens 
2-3-4, inserted in the receptacle. Styles 3, very short, papilli- 
ferous inside, Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 
13 Ave’Rsra. Lobes of calyx thickened in the middle, 
keeled, Petals 5, or only 3 from abortion. Stamens 3, inserted 
In the bottom of the calyx. Style 1, trifid at the apex. Cap- 
sule l-celled, 3-va'ved, many-seeded. 
eC Onre'cra, Lobes of calyx keeled alittle. Stamens 5, 3 
1€, Inserted in the torus, the other 2 scale-formed and sterile. 
ty eh capitate at the apex or bifid. Capsule 3-valved, many- 
ed. 
15 Potyca‘rpon, 
Lobes of calyx with membranous edges, 
Concave, 
a keeled, and mucronate. Petals 5, emarginate. Sta- 
ens 3-5, Styles 3, very short, Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 
Many-seeded, 
I. Teepnium. 85 
16 Cx’rp1a. Lobes of calyx petaloid inside, ending in a 
bristle each at the apex. Petals wanting. Stamen one, in front 
of one of the sepals. Style filiform, bifid at the apex. Cap- 
sule 1-celled, many-seeded. 
Trise IV, 
Potticuir'x. Calyx 5-toothed; tube urceolate. Stamens 1-2, 
inserled in the throat of the calyx. Petals-wanting, Stigma 
bifid. Utriculus or fruit valveless, 1-seeded. Bracteas and 
calyx increasing after flowering, and becoming fleshy, so as to 
form something like a berry.—Suffruticose herbs, with opposite or 
subverticillate stipulaceous leaves. 
17 Pottr'cura. Character the same as that of the tribe. 
+ Genera belonging to Paronychièæ, but are not sufficiently 
knonn. 
18 Lirnéruiza. Calyx 3-parted, acute. Petals 3. Scales 
or abortive stamens 2, opposite the sepals. Stamens 2, placed 
at one side of the ovarium. Style thick, bluntly emarginate at 
the apex. Fruit unknown. A very minute glabrous herb. 
19 Seznowra. Calyx urceolate, 5-cleft, membranous, 10- 
ribbed. Petals 5, alternating with the lobes of the calyx. Sta- 
mens fixed in the middle of the segments of the calyx, and 
shorter than them; anthers didymous. Style 1; stigma obtuse. 
Capsule 3-valved, 1-celled, 1-seeded. A smooth herb, with the 
habit of Illécebrum verticillatum. 
Tribe I. 
TELEPHIE'# (plants agreeing with the genus Telephium in 
important characters). D.C. prod. 3. p. 366. Calyx 5-parted 
(£. 21. a.) Petals and stamens 5 (f. 21. b.), inserted into the 
bottom of the calyx. Styles 3 (f. 21. e.), distinct, or somewhat 
concrete at the base.—Leaves alternate, stipulaceous. 
I. TELE‘PHIUM (so named from Telephus, son of Her- 
cules by Auge, and according to some king of Mysia). Tourn. 
inst. t. 128. Lin. gen. 377. Gærtn. fr. 2. p. 221. t. 129. Lam. 
ill. t. 213. Juss. mem. mus. l. p. 389. St. Hil. plac. lib. 
. 44. 
E Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent; lobes oblong, concave. Petals 5, inserted in the bot- 
tom of the calyx, and alternating with its lobes, and about equai 
in length to them. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, and inserted 
in their bases. Styles 3, spreadingly reflexed, concrete at the 
base. Capsule pyramidal, trigonal, 3-valved, 3-celled at the 
base, and 1-celled at the top from the dissepiments not being 
extended so far. Seeds numerous, disposed in 6 rows on the 
central placenta. Embryo lateral, curved, but not annular. 
Albumen mealy.—Subshrubby, procumbent, many-stemmed, gla- 
brous, glaucous herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, sti- 
pulaceous. Flowers white or greenish white. 
1 T. Imeera‘rt (Lin. spec. 388.) leaves alternate ; flowers in 
racemose corymbs, rather crowded. %. H. Native of the south 
of Europe, particularly in the south of France, Italy, Spain, 
Switzerland, &c. D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 400. Lam. ill. t. 213. 
Schkuhr. handb. 1. t. 85. T. répens, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 71. E 
alternifòlium, Moench, meth. 231. Flowers white, sometimes 
tinged with red. ; 
S Orpine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1658. Pl. tr. 
2 T. oprosiTiroLiuM (Lin. spec. 388.) leaves opposite ; flowers 
in racemose corymbs, crowded. 2%. H. Native of Barbary. 
