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3^^Sy distinct, without intermediate setae. Stigma 

 subcapitate. Utriculus 1-seeded, covered by the calyx. 

 MicJi, FL I. p. 113, Roem, y SchulL Gen. 

 1029. QuERiA X. NutL Gen. I. p. 158. Nat, 

 Ord. CARYOPHYLLEiE Juss, Illecebreje R. 

 Broxvn> 



A. dichotoma J\J ich, : stem erect or spreading, dichoto- 

 mously branched ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, acute ; flowers 

 about as long as the stipules. M i c L FL \. p. ] 13. P ur s h 

 F/. I. p. 17G. Roem. ^ Schult.V,^. bl3. A. cana- 

 densis Elliott Sfc. I. p. 307» QuERiA canadensis L. 

 Willd, Spec. I. p. 494. J^uit. Gtn. I c. Gro n. Firg: 

 H. 



Roof annual, fibrous, (perennial, Z., Mu h I., E I /., Sec.) Stem 

 about a span high, terete, filiform, much divided in a dichotO" 

 mous manner, pubescent, especially towards the summit. 

 Leaves opposite, with 4 minute scarious sd/iules at the base, 

 attenuate below into a short petiole, sliglaly ciliate under a 

 lens. Flowers solitary, terminal and axillary, erect, scarcely 

 as large as a pin's head, on very sliort fiedicein. Calyx green. 

 Stamens 3, rarely 5, shorter than the calyx. Stigma entire ? 

 Utriculus not opening. 



Hab. In dry woods and on hills; common. June ^-August. 



Forked Chick-weed. 



j3. capillacea* : very smooth ; flowers spreading, longer 

 than the stipules at their base. Queria capillacea Kutt. 1. c. 



About a span high, dichotomously branched like the preceding. 



Leaves smaller, and often nbtuse. 

 Hab. In the pine barrens of New- Jersey. August. Collected 



in company with Mr. JVu 1 1 a 1 1. 



I am unable to discover atiy characters in my specimens of 



this plant sufficient to distinguish it as a species from A. di- 



rhotoma. 



185. GLAUX. L. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, coloured. Corolla 0. 

 Capsule globose, acumhiate, 1-celled, 5-valvcd, S-seed- 

 cd. Gefi.pL 408. ^u tt. Gen A. p. 16\. Juss. 

 p. 333. Lam. III. t. CXLI. Roem.^ Schult. 

 Gen. 1026. Nat. Ord. Salicari^e Juss. now of 

 the Pr I M u L A c E^. Black Sal f -wort. 



G. maritima L, : Willd. Spec. I. p. 1210. Smith 

 Fl. Brit. I. p. 2b8. Eng. Bot. t. 13. M ic h. Fl. 1. p. 114. 



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