PARONYCHIE&. VII. PARONYCHIA. 



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pos Geraes, and by the sea side in the province of St. Catharine. 

 Flowers deep brown. 



Common Paronychia. PI. tr. 



5 P. CHILE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 370.) stems diffuse, tufted; 

 leaves crowded, oblong-linear, mucronate, smoothish ; flowers 

 crowded in the axils of the leaves ; lobes of calyx hardly mucro- 

 nate at the apex. 1. F. Native of Chili, about Conception 

 and Valparaiso. Leaves of the younger branches subspinose 

 at the apex, of the adult ones acute. Stipulas oblong, scarious. 



Chili Paronychia. PI. -j foot. 



6 P. CAMPHOROSMOIDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 187.) stems 

 diffuse, pubescent ; leaves linear-subulate, keeled, mucronate, 

 puberulous ; flowers crowded in the axils of the leaves ; calyx 

 turbinate, smoothish : lobes equal, acutish. O- H. Native of 

 Brazil, in that part of the province of St. Paul called Campos 

 Geraes, near EgrejaVelha. 



Camphorosma-like Paronychia. PI. -J to 1 foot. 



7 P. ARA'BICA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 130.) stems 

 diffuse, branched ; leaves oblong-linear, glabrous, awnedly mu- 

 cronate ; flowers sessile, rather crowded : lobes of calyx ending 

 in a long awn each. O- H. Native of Arabia and Egypt. 

 Corrigiola albella, Forsk. descr. p. 207. Illecebrum Arabicum, 

 Lin. mant. p. 51. Pers. ench. 1. p. 261. Bracteas silvery, awned 

 at the apex. 



Arabian Paronychia. PI. diffuse. 



8 P. POLYGONIFOLIA (D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 3. p. 403.) stems 

 trailing, branched; leaves oblong-linear, smoothish, acute, not 

 mucronate ; flowers rather crowded in the axils of the leaves ; 

 lobes of calyx ending in a short mucrone each. I/. H. Native 

 of Dauphiny, Spain, and Balearic Islands. Illecebrum polygo- 

 nifolium, Vill. in Schrad. journ. 1801. p. 410. t. 4. Illecebrum 

 verticillatum ft, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1205. Illecebrum alpinum, 

 Vill. dauph. 1. p. 296. This plant hardly differs from P. ar- 

 gentea, unless in the leaves being narrower. 



Knot-grass-leaved Paronychia. PI. tr. 



9 P. ARGE'NTEA (Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 230.) stems trailing, 

 branched ; leaves ovate, smoothish, acutish ; flowers axillary and 

 terminal, crowded ; lobes of calyx ending in a short mucrone 

 each. I/. H. Native of the south of Europe, in dry exposed 

 places. D. C. fl. fr. e4 3. vol. 3. p. 404. Illecebrum Parony- 

 chia, Lin. spec. p. 299. Smith, fl. grsec. t. 246. Barrel, icon. 

 t. 726. P. argentea and P. Hispanica, D. C. diet. ency. 5. p. 24. 

 There is a variety with rounder glabrous leaves. Bracteas white, 

 shining, acuminated. Perhaps the same as Illecebrum Italicum 

 and 111. Narbonense, Vill. in Schrad. journ. 1801. p. 411. 



Var. ft, Mauritdnica (D. C. prod. 3. p. 371.) leaves broader ; 

 heads large, distant. I/ . H. Native of Mauritania and the 

 Archipelago. Illecebrum Mauritanicum, Willd. rel. in Roem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 516. 



Silvery Paronychia. PI. tr. 



10 P. CAPITA' TA (Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 229.) stems erectish ; leaves 

 oblong, keeled, ciliated, pubescent ; bracteas acuminated ; heads 

 of flowers terminal ; lobes of calyx linear, unequal. I/ . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, in arid places. D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. 

 vol. 3. p. 404. P. rigida, Mcench. meth. p. 315. Illecebrum 

 capitatum, Lin. spec. 1 . p. 299. Smith, fl. graec. t. 247 Lob. 

 icon. 420. f. 1. Flowers white. Perhaps the same as Illece- 

 brum Lugdunense, Vill. in Schrad. journ. 1801. t. 4. 1 



Capitate-flowered Paronychia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. 

 PL to \ foot. 



11 P. SERPYLLIFOLIA (D. C. in Lam. diet. 5. p. 24. fl. fr. ed. 3. 

 vol. 3. p. 404.) stems prostrate, creeping, knotted, branched ; 

 leaves obovate, flat, rather fleshy, with ciliated margins ; flowers 

 terminal; bracteas acuminated ; lobes of calyx awnless. l/.H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, in arid places. Illecebrum ser- 

 pyllifolium, Vill. in Schrad. journ. 1801. t. 4. Flowers white. 



VOL. III. 



Var. ft, herniarioides (Pourr. chl. narb. p. 321.) leaves sub- 

 cordate. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Paronychia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. prostrate. 



12 P. NIVEA (D. C. diet. ency. 5. p. 25.) stems erectish, much 

 branched ; leaves oblong, acute, flattish, pubescent ; bracteas 

 large, short-acuminated ; heads of flowers terminal ; lobes of 

 calyx awnless. I/.? H. Native of Spain, Italy, the Levant, 

 &c. in arid places. Barrel, icon. t. 687. and 725. ? Illecebrum 

 niveum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 261. Illecebrum cephalotes, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. suppl. p. 169. Perhaps the same as 111. maritimum, Vill. 

 1. c. P. Arragonica, Schultes, syst. 5. p. 520. ? Flowers snow 

 white. 



Snowy Paronychia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. PL |to|ft. 



13 P. ARETIOIDES (D. C. prod. 3. p. 371.) stems fruticulose, 

 ascending, much branched ; branchlets hairy ; leaves clothed 

 with silky pubescence, oval-oblong, obtuse, not exceeding the 

 stipulas; bracteas obtuse; heads of flowers terminal. If.. H. 

 Native of Spain, in the province of Valentia. Illecebrum are- 

 tioides, Pourr. ined. ex L. Dufl. in litt. 



Aretia-like Paronychia. PL \ to -j foot. 



14 P. CANARIE'NSE (Juss. mem. mus. 1. p. 389.) stem 

 shrubby, erect, branched at the apex ; branches rather hoary 

 from short white hairs ; leaves ovate, acute, downy ; cymes 

 panicled, branched, loose ; bracteas mucronately awned at the 

 apex, but not hiding the flowers. ^ . G. Native of Teneriffe. 

 Habit of Polycarpcea Canariensis, but differs in the ovarium 

 being 1-seeded. 



Canary Paronychia. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



15 P. SMI'THII (Choisy, mss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 371.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, branched; leaves linear-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, nerveless, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; 

 cymes few-flowered, loose : lobes of calyx mucronately awned. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Canary Islands. 



Smith's Paronychia. Shrub -y to ^ foot. 



16 P. HERNIARIOIDES (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 159.) plant her- 

 baceous, trailing, crowded, downy all over ; leaves oblong-oval, 

 ciliated, terminated by a bristle ; lobes of calyx subulate, ending 

 each in a spreading setaceous acumen. 7.H. Native of South 

 Carolina, in arid sandy places. Anychia herniarioides, Michx. 

 fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 113. Anychia Herniariae, Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 261. 



Rupture-wort-like Paronychia. PL tr. 



17 P. DICHO'TOMA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 159.) plant rather 

 herbaceous, tufted, procumbent, glabrous ; leaves linear, acerose, 

 acute, marked by a double line on the back ; stipulas bifid ; 

 cymes dichotomous ; bracteas shorter than the flowers ; lobes of 

 calyx ending in a short mucrone each. I/ . H. Native of Vir- 

 ginia, on rocks at the river Shenondoah. Achyranthes dichotoma, 

 Lin. mant. p. 51. 



Dichotomous Paronychia. PL procumbent. 



18 P. AROYRO'COMA (Nutt. 1. c. p. 160.) plant herbaceous, 

 tufted, procumbent, pubescent ; leaves linear, acutely pungent, 

 villous, nerveless ; stipulas entire ; cymes dichotomous ; brac- 

 teas about equal in length to the flowers ; lobes of calyx mucro- 

 nate. I/ . H. Native of Lower Carolina and of Tennessee, 

 among rocks on the mountains. Anychia argyrocoma, Michx. 

 fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 114. In habit this plant approaches the 

 preceding. Stipulas elongated. Bracteas acuminated. Flowers 

 white. 



Silvery-tufted Paronychia. PL procumbent. 



19 P. SESSILIFLORA (Nutt. 1. c. p. 160.) plant densely tufted, 

 much branched, glabrous ; leaves linear-subulate, acute : superior 

 ones longer, recurved ; stipulas about equal in length to the 

 leaves, bifid ; flowers terminal, sessile ; lobes of calyx arched 

 on the inside at the apex, and ending in a long awn each on the 



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