172 * ILLECEBRACEiE. Anychia. 



the leaves. Flowers solitary or slightly clustered in the axils. Sepals not 

 cucullate at the apex within ; the very short cusp somewhat spreading. 



§ 3. Sepals unequal, cucullate at the apex within; the three exterior 

 armed with a spimj divergent awn ; the 2 interior smaller,unarmed or 

 cuspidate. — Acanthonychia, DC. (Pentaciena, Bartl.) 



-i- 8. P. ramosissima (DC.) : diffusely branched, prostrate ; stems suffru- 

 tescent at the base, woolly ; leaves subulate, pungent, crowded, at length re- 

 curved ; stipules imbricated, shorter than the leaves ; flowers axillary, sessile ; 

 sepals hairy, the two inner pungent ; stigmas subsessile. — P? ramosissima, 

 DC. mem.' Paronyc. p. 12. t. 4, ^ prodr. 3. p. 372; A. St. Hil.Jl. Bras. 

 2. p. 188. 



On the coast of California and Oregon, Nuttall! also a native of S. Ame- 

 rica. — Low, densely branched and tufted ; the branches in fruit densely 

 squarrose by the pungent spreading leaves and the spines of the outer sepals. 

 Stipules numerous, imbricated. Sepals somewhat woolly; the outer ones 

 with a minute adnata stipule on each side at the base. Stamens 3-5 ? — The 

 figure of De CandoUe seems to have been taken from a poor specimen. 



2. ANYCHIA. Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 112 (in part) ; Juss. mem. mus. I. c. 



dueria, Gartn. ; Nutt. 



Sepals ovate-oblong, united at the base, slightly concave, subsaccate at 

 the apex, submucronate on the back. Petals or sterile filaments none. 

 Stamens 2-3 or 5, inserted on the base of the sepals. Styles very short, dis- 

 tinct or united at the base, stigmatose within. Utricle included in the con- 

 nivent sepals. — Annual, erect or somewhat procumbent, dichotomous herbs, 

 with minute axillary or terminal solitary or more or less clustered subsessile 

 flowers. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, mostly punctate, subpetiolate, very 

 slightly ciliate. 



..J-' 1. A. dichotoma (Michx.) : stem erect or decumbent at the base ; at 

 'length much branched; stamens commonly 3. — Michx. ! fi. \.p. 113. 



a. stem more or less pubescent above; leaves varying from linear-lanceo- 

 late and oblanceolate to elliptical ; flowers more or less clustered. — A dicho- 

 toma, DC. prodr. 3. p. 369. A. Canadensis, Ell. sk. 1. p. 307; Hook. Jl. 

 Bor.-Am. 1. p. 252. Q,ueria Canadensis, I/M?n.; Kutt. ! I.e. 



0. glabrous, slender; branches capillary; leaves oval or oblong, cuneiform 

 at the base; flowers mostly exserted from the stipules at their base.— A. 

 dichotoma/?. capillacea, Torr.! fl. 1. p. 213. A. capiUacea, Nutt! I. c; 

 DC. I. c. 



On hill-sides, &c. Canada ! to Georgia and Kentucky ! west to Arkansas ! 

 June-Aug.— Stems 4-10 inches high. Leaves obtuse or acute. Utricle 

 minutely papillose.— Very variable in size and appearance. The var. H is 

 perhaps the original Q,ueria Canadensis of LinnEcus ; as it is the only form 

 which is found in Canada or the adjacent portions of the United States. 



2. A. Baldwinii: stems branched from the base, diffusely procumbent; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute-at each end ; stamens 5. 



Florida, Baldwin! W. Florida, Mr. Ware! Middle Florida, Dr. 

 Chapman ! — ® ? Stem minutely puberulent, loosely branched : branches a 

 foot or more long, decumbent. Leaves 6-12 lines long, the uppermost small- 

 er ciliate-scabrous, usually much shorter than the internodes. Flowers 



