46 caryophyllacejE. (pink family.) 



1. PARONYCHIA, Tourn. 



Sepals 5, united at the base, concave and mucronate or awned at the apex 

 Petals bristle-like or tooth-like, alternate with the 5 stamens, and inserted witli 

 them on the base of the calyx. Style long, 2-cleft. Utricle included. Seed 

 resupinate. Radicle superior or ascending. — Low herbs, with conspicuous sil- 

 very stipules, and minute flowers in loose or compact cymes. 



1 . P. dichotoma, Nutt. Smooth ; stems slender, erect ; leaves linear- 

 subulate ; those of the barren stems imbricated ; cymes fastigiatc, diflfuse ; se- 

 pals linear, 3-ribbed, slender-pointed; petals minute, bristle-like. (Anychia 

 argyrocoma. Ell ) — Rocks on the mountains of North Carolina, and westward. 

 July-Nov, U. —Stems 6'-12' high. 



2. P. argyrocoma, Nutt. Minutely pubescent ; stems tufted, ascending ; 

 leaves linear, acute ; cymes capitate, the flowers concealed by the large silvery 

 stipules ; sepals lanceolate, hairy, slender-pointed ; petals minute, tooth-like. — 

 Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. July- Sept. 1\. — Stems 6'- 10' 

 high. Stipules nearly as long as the loaves. 



3. P. herniarioides, Nutt. Rough-pubescent ; stems prostrate, diffusely- 

 branched ; leaves oval or oblong, mucronate ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; 

 sepals subulate, with a short and spreading point. (Anychia herniarioides, 

 Michx.) — Dry sand ridges in the middle districts, Georgia to North Carolirui. 

 July - Oct. (J) — Stems 4' - 6' long. Leaves 3" - 4" long. 



4. P. Baldwinii. Finely pubescent ; stems prostrate, diffusely-branched ; 

 branches alternate, one-sided, filiform ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed into a petiole ; cymes diffuse, naked ; sepals oblong, 3-ribbed, 

 ciliate, short-pointed ; petals bristle-like, as long as the stamens ; utricle equal- 

 ling or rather longer than the sepals; style 2-eleft to the middle. (Anychia 

 Baldwinii, Tair. ^- Gray.) — Dry sandy soil, Florida and Georgia. July -Oct. 

 (j) and @ — Stems l^°-3° long. Upper leaves sometimes alternate. 



2. ANYCHIA, Michx. 



Sepals 5, distinct, slightly mucronate at the apex. Petals none. Stamens 

 2-3, inserted on the base of the calyx. Style very short. Stigmas spreading. 

 Utricle exserted. Seed erect. Radicle inferior. — An erect slender annual, 

 with forking setaceous spreading branches. Leaves thin, oblong, obtuse, nar- 

 rowed at the base. Flowers minute, solitary or clustered in the forks of the 

 branches, greenish. 



1. A. dichotoma, Michx. (Queria Canadensis, /;.) — Barren hills. South 

 Carolina and northward. July and August. — Stem 4'- 10' high. 



3. SIPHONYCHIA, Torr. & Gray. 



Sepals 5, united to the middle, concave and petal like above, obtuse or mu- 

 cronate. Petals •5, bristle-like, inserted with the 5 stamens on the throat of the 

 calyx. Style slender, 2-cIeft. Utricle included. Seed resupinate. Radicle 

 suj)crior. — Erect or diffusely prostrate herbs. Cymes dense-flowered. Flowers 

 white. 



