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12 . ANYCHIA, Michx. Forked Chickweed. 
Sepals 5, scarcely concave, indistinctly mucronate on the back, 
greenish. Petals none. Stamens 2-3, rarely 5. Styles 2, very 
short. Utricle 1-seeded. — Small, many times forked annuals, 
with small stipules and minute flowers in the forks. (Same deri¬ 
vation as the next genus.) 
1. A. dicliotoma, Michx. Erect or spreading, with capilla¬ 
ry branches; leaves varying from lanceolate to elliptical, somewhat 
petioled. (Queria Canadensis, L.) — Dry woods (10'high, delicate, 
rather large-leaved) or in parched open ground, when it is more 
stunted, crowded, and narrow-leaved. July - Aug. 
13# I*AROIVYCJHIA 9 Toum. Whitlow-wort. 
Sepals 5, linear or oblong, concave, awned at the apex. Petals 
bristle-form or minute teeth. Stamens 5. Styles united. Utri¬ 
cle 1-seeded. — Tufted herbs, with dry silvery stipules and clus¬ 
tered flowers. (A Greek name for a whitlow , and for a plant 
thought to cure it.) 
1. P. argyrocoma, Nutt. (Silver Chickweed.) Densely 
matted, much branched, spreading; leaves linear; flowers capitate, 
surrounded by conspicuous silvery bracts; calyx hairy, short-awned ; 
petals mere teeth between the stamens. 1J. — Slides in the Notch of 
the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and bare summits above : 
a recent discovery. (Also on the Alleghanies from Virginia south¬ 
ward.) July. 
P. dichotoma, Nutt., grows at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and is to 
be sought in the mountains of Pennsylvania. 
Suborder IV. SCLERANTHEA2. The Knawel Family. 
14. SCLERANTHUS, L. Knawel. 
Sepals 5, united below in an indurated cup, inclosing the 1-seed¬ 
ed utricle. Petals none. Stamens 10 or 5. Styles 2, distinct. 
— Homely and inconspicuous little weeds, with obscure greenish 
clustered flowers. (Name from ai&rjpos, hard , and avSos, flower , 
from the hardened calyx-tube.) 
1- S. animus. L. Depressed, tufled and spreading, 
annual; leaves awl-shaped, somewhat united at the base; flowers 
nearly sessile-Waste places and sandy fields : introduced. 
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