CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 19 



Plate 104. 



ANYCHIA, Michx. 



Calyx 5-partitus, herbaceus, utriciilo minor ; sepalis ad api- 

 cem subcucullatis, dorso minime corniculatis. Corolla nulla. 

 Stamina 2-5 imo calyci inserta. Stigmata 2 sessilia. Se- 

 men erectam ; radicula infera. — Herbas diffusEe, ramosis- 

 simee ; foliis planis breviter bistipulatis ; floribus minimis in 

 dichotomiis subsessilibus. 



Anychia, Michx. Fl. 1. p. 112 (excl. spec). Juss. Mem. Mus. 2. p. 389. 



DC. Prodr. 3. p. 369. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1. p. 172. 

 QuERi^ Sp., Linn. Sp. 1. p. 90. Gartn. Fr. t. 128. 

 QcERiA, Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 158. 

 ParonychivE Sect., Endl. Gen. 5202. 



Forked CliicSi^veed. 



Calyx herbaceous, not indurated with age, of five almost 

 distinct plane sepals, imbricated in aestivation, their tips a 

 little cucullate and minutely corniculate or mucronulate pos- 

 teriorly. Corolla entirely wanting. Stamens from 2 to 5, 

 inserted on the very base of the sepals and opposite them 

 (when only two opposed to the two exterior sepals): fila- 

 ments filiform : anthers two-celled, didymous, introrse ; the 

 cells opening longitudinally. Ovary globose-ovoid, minutely 

 pubescent, one-celled : styles 2, short, united below, stigma- 

 tose on the inner face. Ovule solitary, amphi-campylotro- 

 pous, borne on the summit of a short and straight basilar 

 funiculus. 



Fruit a membranaceous utricle, larger than the calyx. 

 Seed obovate-lenticular, smooth, erect. Embryo coiled into 

 a nearly complete ring, surrounding the albumen : the radi- 

 cle inferior. 



Herbs annual, erect or procumbent, diffuse, re])eated]y 

 forked ; the internodes almost capillary. Leaves obovate or 



