PARONYCHIEjE. I. TELEPHIUM. 



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4 GYMNOCA'RPUM. Calyx almost 3-parted. Petals 5, emu- 

 lating sterile filaments. Stamens 5. Style 1 ; stigma simple. 

 Capsule valveless, covered by the indurated calyx. 



5 ANY'CHIA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals and scales wanting. 

 Stamens 3-5, distinct. Style none ; stigmas 2, subcapitate. 

 Capsule covered by the calyx. 



6 ILLE'CEBRUM. Calyx 5-parted, or nearly 3-sepalled, ending 

 on the back at the apex, in an awned horn. Petals wanting, 

 but there are 5 subulate scales in place. Stamens 2-5. Style 

 hardly any ; stigmas 2, capitate. Capsule covered by the calyx, 

 divisible into 5 at the stripes. 



7 PARONY'CHIA. Calyx 5-parted (f. 22. a.). Petals or scales 

 5, linear. Stamens 5 (f. 22. a.). Style 1 ; stigmas 2 (f. 22. d.). 

 Capsule indehiscent or 5-valved, covered by the calyx. 



8 PENTAC.E'NA. Calyx 4-parted ; segments very unequal, 

 outer 3 spiny at the apex, inner 3 navicular, armed on the back. 

 Stamens 5. Stigmas 2, short. Capsule 1-seeded. 



9 CARDIONE'MA. Calyx 5-parted; lobes drawn out on the 

 back at the apex into a straight horn. Petals wanting. Sta- 

 mens 5, 2 sterile ones obcordate, flat, 3 fertile ones obcordate 

 at the base, bearing each an antheriferous filament in the recess. 

 Styles 2, hardly concrete at the base, long, revolute. Fruit 

 oval-oblong. 



TRIBE III. 



POLYCARP^*. Calyx 5-parted (f. 23. a.). Petals 5, or want- 

 ing. Stamens 1-5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. Styles 

 2-3, sometimes distinct, sometimes concrete. Capsule \-celled, 

 many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the central placenta. Herbs or 

 subshrubs. Leaves opposite. Slipulas scarious. The stamens 

 in this tribe are almost hypogynous, and truly so in some genera, 

 as in Polycarpos'a, Stipulacida, and Ortegia, and therefore verge 

 closely on the order Caryophyllece. 



10 POLYCARP* A. Lobes of calyx with membranous edges 

 (f. 20. a.). Petals 5. S'.amens 5, nearly hypogynous (f. 23. a.). 

 Styles 3, concrete at the base. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



11 STIPULI'CIDA. Lobes of calyx with membranous edges. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 3, inserted in the torus. Style short, crowned 

 by 3 stigmas. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, few-seeded. 



12 BALA'RDIA. Lobes of calyx flattish. Petals 5. Stamens 

 2-3-4, inserted in the receptacle. Styles 3, very short, papilli- 

 ferous inside. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



13 AVE'RSIA. Lobes of calyx thickened in the middle, 

 keeled. Petals 5, or only 3 from abortion. Stamens 3, inserted 

 in the bottom of the calyx. Style 1 , trifid at the apex. Cap- 

 sule 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



14 ORTE'GIA. Lobes of calyx keeled a little. Stamens 5, 3 

 fertile, inserted in the torus, the other 2 scale-formed and sterile. 

 Style 1, capitate at the apex or bifid. Capsule 3-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



15 POLYCA'RPON. Lobes of calyx with membranous edges, 

 concave, keeled, and mucronate. Petals 5, emarginate. Sta- 

 mens 3-5. Styles 3, very short. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



16 CE'RDIA. Lobes of calyx petaloid inside, ending in a 

 bristle each at the apex. Petals wanting. Stamen one, in front 

 of one of the sepals. Style filiform, bifid at the apex. Cap- 

 sule 1-celled, many-seeded. 



TRIBE IV. 



PoLLiCHiE 1 ^;. Calyx 5-toothed ; tube urceolale. Stamens 1-2, 

 inserted in the throat of the calyx. Petals wanting. Stigma 

 bifid. Vtriculus or fruit valveless, l-seeded. Bracteas and 

 calyx increasing after flowering, and becoming fleshy, so as to 

 form something like a berry. Suffruticose herbs, niith opposite or 

 subverticillate slipulaceous leaves. 



17 POLLI'CHIA. Character the same as that of the tribe. 



f Genera belonging to Paronychiece, but are not sufficiently 

 known. 



18 LITHOPHIIA. Calyx 3-parted, acute. Petals 3. Scales 

 or abortive stamens 2, opposite the sepals. Stamens 2, placed 

 at one side of the ovarium. Style thick, bluntly emarginate at 

 the apex. Fruit unknown. A very minute glabrous herb. 



19 SELL^WIA. Calyx urceolate, 5-cleft, membranous, 10- 

 ribbed. Petals 5, alternating with the lobes of the calyx. Sta- 

 mens fixed in the middle of the segments of the calyx, and 

 shorter than them ; anthers didymous. Style 1 ; stigma obtuse. 

 Capsule 3-valved, 1-celled, 1-seeded. A smooth herb, with the 

 habit of Illecebrum verticillatum. 



Tribe I. 



TELEPHIE'jE (plants agreeing with the genus Telephium in 

 important characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 366. Calyx 5-parted 

 (f. 21. a.). Petals and stamens 5 (f. 21. 6.), inserted into the 

 bottom of the calyx. Styles 3 (f. 21. e.}, distinct, or somewhat 

 concrete at the base. Leaves alternate, stipulaceous. 



I. TELETHIUM (so named from Telephus, son of Her- 

 cules by Auge, and according to some king of Mysia). Tourn. 

 inst. t. 128. Lin. gen. 377. Gsertn. fr. 2. p. 221. t. 129. Lam. 

 ill. t. 213. Juss. mem. mus. 1. p. 389. St. Hil. plac. lib. 

 p. 44. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent ; lobes oblong, concave. Petals 5, inserted in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx, and alternating with its lobes, and about equal 

 in length to them. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, and inserted 

 in their bases. Styles 3, spreadingly reflexed, concrete at the 

 base. Capsule pyramidal, trigonal, 3-valved, 3-celled at the 

 base, and 1-celled at the top from the dissepiments not being 

 extended so far. Seeds numerous, disposed in 6 rows on the 

 central placenta. Embryo lateral, curved, but not annular. 

 Albumen mealy. Subshrubby, procumbent, many-stemmed, gla- 

 brous, glaucous herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, sti- 

 pulaceous. Flowers white or greenish white. 



1 T. IMPERA'TI (Lin. spec. 388.) leaves alternate; flowers in 

 racemose corymbs, rather crowded. Tf.. H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, particularly in the south of France, Italy, Spain, 

 Switzerland, &c. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 400. Lam. ill. t. 213. 

 Schkuhr. handb. 1. t. 85. T. repens, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 71. T. 

 alternif61ium, Mcench, meth. 231. Flowers white, sometimes 

 tinged with red. 



Imperati's Orpine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1658. Pl.tr. 



2 T. OPPOSITIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 388.) leaves opposite ; flowers 

 in racemose corymbs, crowded. %. H. Native of Barbary. 



