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okder w. iLLi:r!:nRvcE/K. 



'^ J. j)LM;>i5icm, distinct or unitcHi at tlio base. Petals 

 * ^.. ..^.ii.', altcrnato witli tl'.e sepals, minute, sometimes resem- 

 bling sterile fihuuents. Stamens equal in number to the sepals, 

 and opposite them, pcrigynous, filaments distinct, anthers 2- 

 celled. Otv/n/ compressed, of several carpelkr with the dissep- 

 iments obliterated, so as to torm a pyxidium, with central pla- 

 oentie one or many seeded. Seeds campulitropous. Embryo 

 more or less curved. Herbaceous plants, with opposite, pntire 

 leaves, with scabrous stipules. 



Gexus I. PARONYCHIA. {Anychia.) 



Sepals united at the base, cuspidate or curved at the summit ; 

 the inner portion colored, cucuUate or concave at the summit. 

 Petals resembling sterile filaments, very minute or wanting. 

 Stamens 5, inserted into the cdire of the disk that lines the base 

 of the sepals. Stigmas 2. Styles more or less united. Pyx- 

 idium inclosed in the sepals. 



1. P. DicH'->TOMA. Stem branching from a thick woody base, glabrous. 

 lA^ce.i ronate, dotted ; with 4 stipules at each joint. 



Flower^ - ~. diffuse. SejHils yellowish, linear, S-ribbed. 



lined wniiu wmush disii. Style fihform, cleft about one fourth itslengtli. 

 %. July — Nov. North vfc South Carolina. Texas. 6-12 inches. 



-. P. Arg\tioco.ma. Roof fusiform. 5Vei?i, terete, jointed, branchmg, dich- 



utomous, ' ' ' ' . init. lAOves linear, acute, sli-jhtly 



hiiry with ■- - r than the ioinus. jF/oi«- /•.•>• in glome r- 



."^itpals iiut ur, iiUiry, soiaceoiisly cuspidate, the inner portion bear- 



■4- August. Mountains. 4-10 inches. 



3. P. Hi nEs. .Vffw diffusely branched, prostrate. Zcarfs sessile, 



oblong-ov;i . mucronate. flowers sessile in the axils of the leaves. 

 SepaU sub . . 'iiate, expanding. Sfipulea longer than the leaves. 



4. L'jii^t-i s of South Carolina and Georgia. 



Genxs n. ANYCHIA. 



Sepals ovale oblong, united at the base, slightly concave, sub- 

 saccate at the ape.t, sub-mucronate on the back. Corolla none. 

 Stamens 2-3 inserted on the base of the sepals. Pistils very 

 short, 2. SVyc* distinct or united. Annual plants, dichoto- 

 mously divided. 



!. ' ^ :3. >?/f/n erect or decumbent at the base, much branched 



ai .ifoniou«, pubescent, i^ay^* opposite, nearly glabrous, 



sesailc. ' nlly four at each ioint, mt-mbrnnous. Flow^ 



<7f soli \\ !)rinrh. Sepals somewhat hooded at the 



point. .S/uMM-ft-fcoiiiiiioiily ^{, - lan the calvx. Stiismas "2. 



O- July — Aug. UpiK^r'i ~ of Car. tk Geo. 4-10 inches. 



1. A. BiXDwiMi. Stem dccumlnrnt, diffuse, branching from the base. 

 / ir-T li ' • - fe. tftmmens 5. S/yfe« distinct nearlv to the base. 

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