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some specimens I have from the Alleghanies of Pennsylvania. The 
flowers are small, the capsules ovate, &c. Smith says L. blended 
others with this. [?] 
14. L. virgata, Raf. Stem simple virgate, pubescent; leaves 
scattered, or 2-3-4 nate mixed, petiolate, linear, cuneate, ciliate, 
acuminate; racemes axillary, short, pauciflore; pedicels equal to 
flowers ; sepals ovate, acute, carinate, external linear; capsules 
ovate.—In the Alleghany Mts. Pedal, var. 1. Breviffora, semi- 
pedal, lower leaves oblong, short, racemes very short, 2-3 flore, var. 
2. Bracteata, pedal, lower leaves oblong, racemes longer than leaves, 
base foliose, end 5-7 flore. The species 9, 10 and 14, with carinate 
trigone calyx, deserve perhaps to form another gubgenus, TROPEN- 
DRIA, Raf. [?] 
15. L. Floridana, Raf. Smooth, diffuse, ramose; branches fili- 
form ; leaves scattered, minute, linear; racemes paniculate, pauci- 
flore, naked ; pedicels long, unequal ; sepals and capsules ovate.— 
Found by Mr. Ware in Florida. Small, subdichotome, few leaves 
and flowers: habit of Zudtexa, but the exterior calyx equal in length, 
though narrower as usual; probably annual. [?] 
[Subgenus III.] Eudiexa, 
16. L. secundiflora, Raf. Smooth; stems diffuse paniculate, 
leaves scattered; lax, narrow, linear; racemes subspieate; flowers 
remote, secund ; pedicels short; exterior calyx double of the in- 
ternal, linear; internal silky, paniculate ; capsules oblong.—Dis- 
covered 1823, in the glades of West Kentucky, rare ; 6 inches high ; 
small flowers; petals white, oblong, obtuse; stigma red ; 3 oblong 
seeds in the capsules. It blossoms in June and July. Annual. Is 
it ZL. thymifolia, Smith? which is an Eudiexa! certainly not of 
Mchx., neither have the leaves like thyme. [L. thymifolia, Mchx.?] 
17. L. pauciflora, Raf. Adpressed pubescent; stem humble, 
diffuse ramose; leaves scattered. slender, linear, cuneate, imbricate, 
rather obtuse; flowers few, scattered, extra-axillary; pedicels short ; 
sepals smooth, external a little longer ; capsules globose.—Near the 
sea-shore in Long Island and New Jersey. Small plant, only 
inches high; it blossoms in July. Annual. [L. thymifolia, Torr. j 
18. L. brevifolia, Raf. Adpressed pilose ; branches fastigiate ; 
leaves scattered, petiolate, short, lanceolate or oblong, ciliolate, 
mucronulate ; racemes erect; bracteoles linear lanceolate ; flowers 
secund ; pedicels equal; exterior sepals not much longer; capsules 
ovate.—Mts. Apalaches; semi-pedal; very distinct species by 
petiolate short leaves. Annual. [?] 
1g. L, uniflora, Raf. Smooth; stem slender, angular with few 
leaves, above naked; subuniflore; leaves scattered, adpressed, 
narrow, linear, cuneate; sepals membranaceous; exterior sepals 
oblong obtuse, not much longer; internal ovate obtuse; capsules 
globose, about 6 seeded.—Summit of the Alleghany Mt.; discovered 
1825 ; only 3 or 4 inches high; only 5 or 6 leaves, and 1 or 2 
flowers. Capsule commonly with 6 oval seeds. [?] 
20. L. stellata, Raf. Pilose; stem erect, nearly simple ; leaves 
3-4 nate, petiolate, elliptic, mucronate; upper leaves alternate, © 
lanceolate; racemes foliose ; pedicels shorter ; exterior sepals very 
