40 CARYOrHYLLACKiE. (I'INK FAMILY.) 



1. PARONYCHIA, Tourn. 



Sepals 5, united at tlie hase, concave and mucronate or awncd at the apex 

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

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

 resupiiiate. Radicle fsuperior or ascending;. — Low herbs, with eonspicuoas sil- 

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



1- P. dichotoma, Nutt. Smooth; stems slender, erect; leaves linear- 

 subulate ; tiiose of the barren stems imbricated ; cymes fasti>;iate, diffuse ; se- 

 pals linear, 3-ribbed, slender-pointed; petals minute, bristle-like. (Anychia 

 arjryrocoma, Ell ) — Rocks on the mountains of Korth Carolina, and westward. 

 July - Nov. \ — Stems 6' - 1 2' hijrl,. 



2. P. argyrocoma, Xutt. Miimtely pubescent ; stems tufted, ascending ; 

 leaves lineiu-, iicute ; cymes capitate, tiic flowers concealed by the large silvery 

 stij)ules ; sepals lanceolate, hairy, slender-pointed ; petals minute, tooth-like. — 

 Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. July -Sept. H — Stems 6'-lO' 

 high. Stipules nearly as long as the leaves. 



3. P. herniarioid.es, Nutt. Rough-i>ubcscent ; stems prostrate, diffusely- 

 branched ; leaves o\:il or ol)long, mucronate ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; 

 sepals subulate, with a short and spreading j)oint. (Anychia hemiarioides, 

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

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



4. P. Baldwinii. Finely pubescent; stems prostrate, diffusely-bnmched ; 

 branches altcniatc, oiio-sided, flliform; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed into a petiole ; cymes diffuse, naked ; sepals oblong, 3-riblje(l, 

 ciliate, short-pointed ; ])etals bristle-like, as long as the stamens; utricle equrd- 

 ling or ratiier longer than the sepals; style 2-eleft to the middle. (Anychia 

 Baldwinii, Ton: <j- druij.) — Dry sandy soil, Florida and Georgia. July -Oct. 

 (0 and (D — Stems l^°-3° long. Upper leaves sometimes alternate. 



2. ANYCHIA, Midix. 



Sepals .5, distinct, slightly mucronate 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 annual, 

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

 rowed at the base. Flowers minute, solitary or clustered iu the forks of the 

 branches, greenish. 



1. A. dichotoma, Michx. (Queria Canadensis, L.) — Barren hills. South 

 Carolina and northward. July and August. — Stem 4' - 10' high. 



3. SIPHONYCHIA, Ton-. & Gray. 



Sepals 5, imited to the middle, concave and petal-like above, obtuse or mu- 

 cronate. Petals .5, bristle-like, inserted with the 5 stamens on the throat of the 

 calyx. Style slender, 2-cleft. Utricle included. Seed rcsupinate. Radicle 

 superior. — Erect or diffusely prostrate herbs. Cymes dcnse-flowcix'd. Floweru 

 white. 



