226 PARONYCHIE^. [Paroni/chiu, 



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add, too, the amtifolia of Ledebour, which is a perennial plant, with a thick tap-root.— It has perhaps a 

 claim to be considered as American ; at least GmeUn's plant is said to be found at Mount St. Elias, and in 

 the islands between Asia and North America. 



9. C, spathulata; minuta, radice fibrosa, foliis radicalibus numerosis anguste lineari- 

 subspatliuliitis, caulinis ovatis acutis sessilibus, racemo solitario unibracteato, petalis integi'is. 

 (Tab. LXXIV.) Douglas^ MSS. apud Herb. HorL Soc. Lond. 



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Planta pusilla. Radix e iibris paucis, annua. Caules plurimi ex eadem radice debiles g^raciles adscen- 

 dentes. Folia radicalia plurima subunoiam Tonga ang^iste linearia subspathulata : caulina 2 parva, opposita, 

 ovata, acuta, sestjilia. Racemus terminalis solitaiius, 4-6-florus. Pedicellus infimus bractea parva lanceolata 

 suffultus. Corolla calyce vix longior. 



Hab. North -West coast of America. A, MenzieSy Esq, in Herb, nostr.— In the rallies of the Rocky- 

 Mountains, common. Vouylas. — This is the smallest species of the whole genus, and in regard to its 

 character, it seems to hold the same relation to C. alsinoides as the C. parvijlora does to C perfoliata ; 

 being essentially distinguished by its exceedingly narrow leaves. 



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Tab. LXXIV. Clay toiiia spathulata. Fig. 1, Leaf; ^^. 2, Flower-stem; ^T^r, 3, Flower ; ^^. 4, Fruit : — ■ 

 magnijied. 



Ord. XXXVIII. PARONYCHIE^. St HiL 



I. ANYCHIA. Mick. 



CaL S-partituR, sepalis conniventibus apice callosis subsaccatis, Petala et Squamulce 0, 

 Slam, 3-5, filain. distincds. Stylus nullus. Stigmata 2 subcapitata. Caps, indebiscens 

 1-sperma calyce cincta. — Herbse Boreali- Americance erectce dichotomm annuw, facie Lini 

 cathartici. Folia opposita, bast stipulis scariosis. Flores in axillis ramorum solitarily 

 ultimi ramis abbreviatis fasciculati. DC, 



1. A. Canadensis; caule retrorsum pubesceiite, foliis cuneato-oblongis, stipulis floi*e 

 longioribuSj floribus subfasciculutis. DC, — A. Canadensis. Elliott, Carol, v, 1. p, 307. — 

 A. dicbotoma. Mich, Am, v. \, p, 113. Pursh, FL Am, v, 1. p, 176. De Cand. Prodr. v, 

 3. p. 369. Torrey, FL of Un, St. v. ^. p, 273. — Queria Canadensis. Lin?!, Sp, PL p, 494. 

 BigeL FL Bost, ed. 2, p. 99. 



Hab. Canada. Linn.- — I have not seen specimens of this from Canada : but being of frequent occurrence in 

 the adjoining districts of the United States, it is in all probability, independent of the authority of Linnseus, a 

 Canadian plaut ; though perhaps confined to the southern parts. — ToiTey, and I think with j ustice, unites the 

 A-. capillacea of Nuttall with this, as a glabrous variety. 



2. PARONYCHIA. Juss. 



CaL 5-partitus, sepalis dorso non incrassatis ssepius apice mucronatis subcucullatis. 

 Petala seu SquamulcB 5 lineares sepalis alternBe. Stam, 5. Stylus 1. Stigmata 2. Capsula 

 l~sperma indebiscens aut 5-valvis, calyce tecta.— Plantse herbacecB aut suffrutescentes, ramo- 

 sissimce. Folia opposita, stipulis scariosis utrinque inter folia binis. Flores cyinosi aut 

 glomerati. DC. 



1 . P. sessiliflora ; dcnsissime CEespitosa, ramosissima, foliis lineari-subulatis acutis superi- 

 oribus longioribus recurvis, stipulis folia subsequantibus bifidis, floribus terminalibus 

 sessilibus, culyeis segmentis apicibus interne fornicatis externelonge aristatis. (Tab. LXXV.) 



■NuU. Gen, Am. v. 1, p. 160. De Cand, Prodr. v, 3. p. 372. 



