46 CARYOPHTLLACEiE. (I'lNK FAMILY.) 



1. PARONYCHIA, Toum. 



Sepals 5, united at the !)asc, concave and rnucronatc or awncd at tlie apex. 

 Petals bristle-like or tooth-like, alternate with the 5 stamens, and inserted with 

 them on the base of the calyx. Style long, 2-cleft. Utricle included. Seed 

 resupinate. Radicle superior or ascending. — Low herbs, with conspicuous sil- 

 very stipules, and minute flowers in loose or compact cymes. 



1. P. dichotoma, Xntt. Smooth; stems slender, erect; Icavos linear- 

 subulate; those of the barren stems imbricated; cymes fastigiate, ditfuse ; .se- 

 pals linear, 3-riI)bed, slendor-poiuted ; petals minute, bristle-like. (Anyciiia 

 argyrocoma, Ell ) — Rocks on the mountains of Korth Carolina, and ^vestward. 

 July - Nov. H. — Stems 6' - 1 2' high. 



2. P. argyrocoma, Xutt. Minutely pubescent ; stems tufted, a.scending; 

 leaves linear, acrutc ; cymes ca])itate, the flowers concealed by the large silvery 

 stipules ; sepals lanceolate, hairy, slender-pointed ; petals minute, tooth-like. — 

 Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. July-Sept. l]. — Stems 6'- 10' 

 high. Stipules nearly as long as tlie leaves. 



3. P. herniarioides, Nutt. Rough-pubescent ; stems prostrate, diflfusely- 

 branched; leaves oval or ol)long, mucronate ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile; 

 sepals subulate, with a short and spreading point. (Anychia herniarioides, 

 Michx.) — Dry sand ridges in the middle districts, Georgia to North Carolina. 

 July - Oct. ® — Stems 4' - 6' long. Leaves 3" -4" long. 



4. P. Baldwinii. Finely pubescent; stems prostrate, difrusely-hranchcd; 

 branches alternate, one-sided, filiform ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed into a petiole ; cymes diffuse, naked ; sepals oblong, 3-ribbed, 

 ciliate, short-pointeil ; petals bristle-like, as long as the stamens ; utricle equal- 

 ling or rather longer than the sepals; style 2-cleft to the middle. (Anychia 

 Baldwinii, Torr. .J- (Iruij.) — Dry sandy soil, Florida and Georgia. July -Oct. 

 Q^ and @ — Stems \^°~3° long. Upper leaves sometimes alternate. 



2. ANYCHIA, Michx. 



Sepals .5, distinct, slightly rnucronatc at the apex. Petals none. Stamens 

 2-3, inserted on the base of the calyx. Style very short. Stigmas spreading. 

 Utricle exserted. Seed erect. Radicle inferior. — An erect slender aimual, 

 with forking setaceous spreading branches. Leaves thin, oblong, obtuse, nar- 

 rowed at the base. Flowers minute, solitary or clustered in the foiks of the 

 branches, greenish. 



1. A. dichotX)ma, Mi<lix. (Qucria Canadensis, A.) — Harreii hills. South 

 Carolina and northward. July and August. — Stem 4'- lo' high. 



3. SIPHONYCHIA, Torr. .<l Gray. 



Sepals .5, imitcd tf) the miildlc, concave and petal-like aix)vc, obtuse or rnu- 

 cronatc. Petals 5, itristli -like, inserted with the 5 stamens on the throat of the 

 calyx. Style sliiiibr, 2-cleft. Utricle included. Seed resupinate. Railicle 

 Hujn nor. — Krcct orddVu-ely [.K.^HiHe herbs. Cymes den.scHowercd. Flowers 

 white. 



