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acute, entire thickish ; flowers sessile terminal 

 in leafy ramulose fascicles. Iri the sands of 

 Florida, found by Baldwin, perennial, almost 

 suffruticose, stems 3 to 6 inches long very ra- 

 mose, stipules scariose ovate acuminate, leaves 

 small 2 or 3 lines long quite brown in the dry 

 specimens ; flowers minute dark purple mar- 

 gined of white,the ends of segments truncate al- 

 most retuse forming a vault but not a hood,these 

 flowers are at the ends of the small branches 

 crowded with small leaves and stipules. 



832. ANYCHIA. MX. The plants of this 

 G. and others akin forming a small natural 

 group, have been blended with the G. Queria, 

 Paronychia, Achyranthus <Jc, their synonymy 

 and sp, are in utter confusion. Having shown 

 to Torrey 4 sp. widely different in habit, leaves 

 and flowers ! he pronounced them all varieties 

 of QrUeria canadensis! They require as yet a 

 monograph, and must be divided into 2 or 3 

 Genera by the stamens, that must all be exam- 

 ined again, since Michaux and Nuttal differ 

 about them. I regret that I did not examine . 

 all mine when met alive. Meantime I will di- 

 vide them into 3 subgenera or Genera, and add 

 some new species. 



Subg. ANYCIIIA calix 5 parted persistent ur- 

 ceolate or segments angular or nervose on the 

 back, end hooded acute. Stamens 3 to 5 fer- 

 tile, none sterile ? 2 short styles, capsule utricu- 

 lar monosperm. Annual dichotomous plants, 

 leaves opposite sessile with scariose stipules, 

 flowers in dichotomies, uncolored. 



833. ARGYKOCOMA Raf. Paronychia Nuttal 

 not Tourn. Juss. difference, calix oblong, seg- 

 ments cuspidate nervose on the back, Stamens 

 5 fertile, 5 sterile ? style bifid 2 stigmas capi- 



