798 CISTACEAE 
several: sepals 5-6 mm. long, acuminate, densely pubescent: corolla yellow, 9-11 mm. 
broad : capsules oval-oblong or broadly oblong, 3-4 mm. long, sparingly pubescent. 
On the dry summit of Table Rock and adjacent peaks, North Carolina. Summer. 
2. Hudsonia ericoides L. Bushy-branched from the base, greenish, softly-pubes- 
cent throughout, 1-2 dm. high, the principal branches slender, ascending. Leaves subu- 
late, 6-8 mm. long, somewhat spreading, densely imbricated on the younger branches, 
more scattered on the older ones: pedicels very slender, 10-15 mm. long: flowers numer- 
ous : corolla about 8 mm. broad : sepals 4-6 mm. long, obtuse or acutish : capsules oblong, 
slightly pubescent: seeds about 3. 
In dry sandy soil, especially in pine lands near the coast, Nova Scotia to North Carolina. Spring. 
3. Hudsonia tomentósa Nutt. Densely tufted and intricately branched, matted 
hoary-pubescent, pale, 1-2 dm. high, the branches stout, ascending. Leaves 2 mm. long, 
oval or oblong, densely imbricated and appressed : flowers sessile, or nearly so, numerous, 
slightly smaller than those of the preceding species: sepals obtuse: capsules ovoid, 
glabrous, usually 1-seeded. 
3 In sands of the seashore and in pine lands, New Brunswick to North Carolina, and on lake and 
river shores west to Slave Lake and the Lake of the Woods. Spring and early summer. 
3. LÉCHEA L. 
Perennial branching herbs, often woody at the base, with erect or spreading stems, 
producing leafy shoots at the base in the fall. Leaves numerous: blades entire. Flowers 
minute, panicled, greenish or purplish. Sepals 5, the two outer smaller and narrower. 
Petals 3, ovate to linear, inconspicuous, persistent. Stamens 3-12. Stigmas 3, nearly 
sessile, laciniate, prominent when the plant is in flower. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, or 
by obliteration of the dissepiments 1-celled, about 6-seeded. Embryo curved or spiral. 
PIN-WEED. 
Placentae of the capsule fragile, separating from the thin dissepiments, the margins revolute. 
Leaf-blades of the basal shoots ovate or oblong, not more than about 3 times as long as wide. 
Outer sepals longer than the inner. 1. L. minor. 
Outer sepals shorter than the inner or about equalling them in length. 
Capsules oblong: pedicels 2-4 mm. long. 2. L. racemulosa. 
Capsules globose : pedicels about 1 mm. long. 
Foliage villous: stems erect. 
Stem-leaves 15-25 mm. long : branches erect or ascending. 3. L. villosa. 
Stem-leaves 4-8 mm. long : branches spreading. 4. L. divaricata. 
Foliage tomentose-canescent : stems ascending. 5. L. maritima. 
a U of the basal shoots linear or lanceolate, more than 3 times as long 
s wide. 
Stem-leaves with narrowly linear blades : inner sepals 1-nerved. 6. L. tenuifolia. 
Stem-leaves with linear or oblong-linear blades: inner sepals 3-nerved. 
Capsules i mm. in diameter. 7. L. patula. 
Capsules 1.5 mm. in diameter. ; 
Capsules ellipsoidal: plant cinereous. 8. L. Torreyt. 
Capsules obovoid: plant green. 9. L. Leggettii. |. 
Placentae of the capsule leathery, the margins not revolute: dissepiments persistent. 10. L. Drummondii. 
1. LecheaminorL. Foliage more or less pubescent with appressed hairs. Stems erect, 
1.5-6 dm. high, freely branching above, the branches slender, erect or ascending: stem- 
leaves with oval or oblong blades 8-15 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, acutish or obtuse, ciliate, 
the upper smaller than the lower; petioles 2 mm. long: leaves of the basal shoots oval or 
oblong, obtuse, 6-10 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide : panicle very leafy : flowers close together, 
somewhat secund : petals red-purple: outer sepals longer than the inner and longer than the 
obovoid or globose pod. 
Indry open grounds, eastern Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Florida and Louisiana. Su 
2. Lechea racemulósa Michx. Foliageslightly pilose-pubescent throughout with ap- 
pressed hairs. Stems erect, 1.5-5 dm. high, freely branching above, the branches slender, 
divergent or ascending: leaves of the stem with oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or rige 
blades narrowed at the base, 8-18 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide : leaves of the basal shoots ova 
or oblong, 4-8 mm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, obtuse; petioles about 2 mm. long: seen 
sparsely leafy, the branches spreading or ascending : flowers on slender divergent p 
2-4 mm. long: outer sepals equalling or shorter than the inner: pod oblong or ellipsoid. 
In dry rocky or sandy soil, Martha’s Vineyard to Indiana, Florida and Tennessee. Summer. 
3. Lechea villdsa Ell. Foliage villous-pubescent with spreading hairs. Stems s 
3-8 dm. high, branching above, leafy, the branches rather stout, ascending : leaves of keen 1 
with oblong-elliptic acute or acutish blades, 15-25 mm. long, 6-10 mm. wide ; petioles 
mmer. 
