CISTACEAE 883 
6. L. racemulosa Michx. Stem simple or ru at the base, the branches 
erect or ascending, 1-5 dm. tall, copiously branched abov e the branchlets 
slender, mostly ascending, rather inconspicuo iux d ilose: blades of the 
eauline leaves elliptie-spatulate to elliptie, or linea “elliptic, mostly 1-2 em. 
long, strigillose or glabrate: basal shoots with car E leaf-blades: 
a yx in fruit narrowly pyriform; iuo sepals about 1.5 m ong at matur- 
; outer sepals mueh shorter than the See capsule éllipsoid, fully 1.5 mm. 
i slightly exserted.—Dry woods, often i Mai or roeky soil, various prov- 
inces, Fla. to Ala., Ind., and E Mass.—Sum 
7. L. exserta nae Stem usually eet at the base, the po 
erect, 3-6 dm fastigiately much-brane above, inconspicuously y pu pe 
cent: blades of Eds auline leaves pepe E to almost linear, glabrous or 
nearly so: basal qi not seen: panieles many-flow ered: s linear- ‘elliptic 
to su ubu late: calyx in fruit campanulate; inner sepals 1-1.2 mm. long, at 
maturity ; D das slightly shorter than the inner: capsule narrowly oval, 
hea 1.5 mm. long, much-exserted.—Dry pinelands, S pen. Fla.—Spr.-fall or all 
year 
8. Leggettii pue and Hollick. Stem branched at the base, the 
branches erect or nearly so, loosely branched above, the branches long and 
lender, on add strigillose: blades of the cauline leaves linear-spatulate 
to linear, 1-2. aringly strigillose or glabrous: basal shoots with 
dn elliptic leaf-blades ealyx in Sis broadly pyriform; inner ian 
about 1.5 ong, at maturi rity; outer sepals much shorter than the inn 
d ale RUND abo ut 1.5 mm. long, se areely exserted.—Dry woods, M o old 
fields, and sand- -dunes, various provinces, Fla. to La., Ind., 
Il. 
rreyi Legget Stem usually branched at the base, the branches 
ee 5 dm. tall, the MU rather long and m ipd -strigose: blades 
of the cauline leave es linear-subulate, mostly 1—1.5 em. long, acute, TUTTA 
basal shoots Hos E ur similar to those of the stem DE slightly wider: 
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outer sepals m d sho ns an the inner: capsule ee ee a 5m 
long, not exserted. inlands Coastal Plain, Fla. S. C.—Spr.-fall or all 
ear S. 
10. L. eu ad Leggett. Stem often branched at the base, the branches 
1.5-3.5 m. tall, much-branched above, the branchlets rather short, gray-strigil- 
jeg blades of poet iube leaves lin near to narrowly-elliptie, mostly 1-2 em. 
long, whitish- bd basal shoots ud M elliptic leaf-blades: bracts 
similar to the cauline Je ue but much s er: ealyx in fruit globose-obovoid: 
inner pies er 2m ong at maturity; outer sepals Rees eld n the 
inner: capsule CURE about 1.5 ong, not erted.—Sandy sea- 
shores and pinelands, Coastal Plain and "New England Ci Ga. e Me.— 
Sum.-fall. 
11. L. cernua Small. Stem usually B at the base, the branches 
3—6 dm. tall, often numerous, widely often much-branched above, the branch- 
lets rather finely strigose: ae es of the tino leaves elliptie or ovate- elliptic, 
about 1 e less, strigose, Jab ribbed: basal shoots with ovate to 
E densely Dalai - af-blades: calyx in fruit turbinate; inner 
sepals about ong at maturity; rd bus minute: eapsule obovoid, 
about 2 mm. TEM furi dus .—Serub, on sand-dunes, Lake Region and 
E coast, Fla—Sum.—fall. 
12. L. divaricata Shuttlw. Stem often branched at the base, the branches 
erect, ascending, or spreading, copiously pubescent with lax or spreadin g hairs; 
