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2. Paronychia sessiliflodra Nutt. Low Whitlow-wort. (Fig. 1519.) 
Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt. Gen, 1: 160, 1818. 
Densely tufted from stout thick roots, low, 
the internodes very short and hidden by the im- 
bricated leaves and stipules. Leaves linear-subu- 
late, glabrous or puberulent, the lowest erect and 
obtuse, the uppermost recurved-spreading, mu- 
cronate or bristle-pointed; stipules 2-cleft, usually 
shorter than the leaves; bracts entire, mostly 
shorter than the flowers; flowers sessile, solitary 
or several together; calyx 1//-114” long, its seg- 
ments hooded at the apex, tipped with divergent 
awns of nearly their own length; staminodia 
about as long as the filaments. 
In dry soil, Northwest Territory to Nebraska and 
Wyoming. Aug.—Sept. 
3. Paronychia Jamesii T. & G. James’ 
Whitlow-wort. (Fig. 1520.) 
Paronychia Jamesti T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 170. 1838. 
Scabrous-pubescent, stems 3/-8’ high, much 
branched from the base. Leaves linear-subulate, 
the lowest obtuse, the uppermost mucronate or 
bristle-pointed; stipules entire; flowers in small 
cymes; bracts shorter than the calyx; calyx 1//— 
114’/ long, the segments hooded at the apex, tipped 
with divergent awns of about one-fourth their 
length; staminodia about as long as the filaments. 
In dry soil, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas, 
July-Oct. 
Paronychia Jamesii depréssa Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 
I:17I. 1838. 
Lower, rarely over 3’ high, densely tufted; inter- 
nodes very short; leaves imbricated. Nebraska to 
Texas. 
4. Paronychia dichotoma (I,.) Nutt. 
Forking Whitlow-wort. Nailwort. 
(Fig. 1521.) 
Achyranthes dichotoma I,. Mant. 51. 1767 
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Paronychia dichotoma Nutt. Gen. 1: 159. 1818. y 
Much branched from the thick woody base, gla- 
brous or puberulent, 4’-14’ tall. Leaves subulate, 
all acute, mucronate or bristle-tipped; stipules en- 
tire, often 5’’-6’’ long, tapering into a slender awn; 
calyx 1//-2’’ long, the awns of its segments diver- 
gent, short; staminodia of minute bristles hardly 
one-fourth as long as the filaments; styles nearly 
as long as the perianth-segments, usually cleft for 
about one-fourth their length. 
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In dry soil, Maryland to North Carolina, west to 
Arkansas and Texas. July-Oct. 
