CISTACEAE 881 
broad: capsule indc ies or broadly ellipsoid, 3-4 mm long, sparingly 
p —Dry, stony summit of Table Rock and adj. peaks, in the Blue 
Ridge of N. C. Lin —Now localized on a few enna peaks, but doubtless 
ge 
once of wider distribution, and perhaps the ancestor of the following s species 
3. H. ericoides L. Bushy, ee 1-2 dm. high, ‘the principal 
branches slender, ascending: leaves 6-8 mm. long, somewhat spreading, densely 
"epa on the pire iud branch hes, more Vade V ipd older P pedieels 
. 10-15 mm. long: flowers numerous: corolla abou . broad: sepals 4—6 
a gres obtuse E) ee h: capsule iE ae pubescent.— (GOLpD- 
HEATHER. )—Dry sandy or rocky soil, especially in pinelands near the coast, 
Coastal Plain and New England Coast, N. C. to N. S.—Spr. 
3. LECHEA Kalm. Erect plants with many very leafy shoots at 
the base of the stem in the fall. Leaf-blades narrow, or those of the leaves 
on the shoots often broad and -short. Flow complete, minute. i 
purplish or greenish. Ovules erect. Capsules all alike.—Sum.—PINWE 
Some species are used medicinally 
als d annual flowering stems from the base of which rosettes of leafy shoots 
Bloc. and fruits, relatively long-pedicelled, in long-peduncled lax clusters. 
Flowers = fruits m droopin 
alyx d the outer (arrow) sepals longer than 
tlie inna I. LONGISEPALAE. 
Calyx with the outer (narrow) sepals shorter than 
the II. BREVISEPALAE. 
ida ar end. ‘fruits droopin III. CERNUAE. 
oe and fruits, very short-pedicelled, in short- 
pe ncled elose or dense cluster IV. DIVARICATAE. 
Plants largely woody, much branched, with copiously leafy 
branches which later develop panicles at the tip. V. MYRIOPHYLLAE. 
I. LONGISEPALAE 
Blades of the cauline leaves of an oval or elliptic type. 
ie ues: : nos or Bood C d. outer sepals much longer 
inner: m n al shoots, stem, and branches 
appressed-pubesce . 1. L. minor. 
ae dives subglobose : prt sepals slightly longer than the 
bas hoots, stem, and branehes with lax or 
Sprcodine pu 2. L. villosa. 
Blades of the cauline leaves of a linear or subulate type. 
Capsule subglobose ellipsoid, or oval, not angle 
Outer rie Ed longer than the inner: capsule 
slightl rted from the calyx, longer than wide. 3. L: patula. 
Outer SODHIB pum eh longer than the inner: capsule in- 
lud about as wide as long. 4. L. tenuifolia. 
Capsule ellipsoid-prismatic, decidedly 3-angled, fully 1.5 
. long. 5. L. prismatica. 
II. BREVISEPALAE 
Capsule ellipsoid : 6. L.racemulosa. 
Mr eid ule o eds or subglobose : 
ap 
Sula pP oval, much exserted: sepals spar- 
ingly pubescent. T. L. exserta. 
SS broadly oval scarcely exserted: sepals copi- 
y pubescen 8. L. Leggettii. 
Capsule er 
lades of Ho 'eauline leaves linear-subulate: inner 
UT about 1.5 mm. long. 9. L. Torreyi. 
vU. of the cauline leaves linear to narrowly ellip- 
: inner sepals about 2 mm. long. 0. L. maritima. 
III. CERNUAE 
Plant with several inconspicuously-pubes E xem ng stems 
and several very stout copiously e pubescent branched 
and copiously leafy basal shoots. 11. L.cernua. 
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