251 ' 
g. LEcHEA stricta Leggett. 
Erect, strict, 3-5 dm. tall, densely branched, pale, strigose- 
canescent all over or more glabrate in age. Branches slender, 
straight, nearly erect; leaves of the stem linear-oblong, I-2.5 cm. 
long, I-2 mm. wide, acute or subobtuse; leaves of the radical 
shoots linear-oblong, much smaller than those of the stem, 4-7 
mm. long, I mm. or less wide, acute; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; 
outer sepals shorter than or equalling the inner; capsule globose, 
1.5 mm. in diameter. 
On dry prairies, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. 
10. LECHEA: TORREYI Leggett. 
Lechea Torreyi Leggett; S. Wats. Bibl. Index, 1: 81 (1878). 
(Types in Columbia College Herbarium.) 
Lechea racemulosa Hook. Journ. Bot. 1: 193 (1834), name 
only, not Michx. 4 . 
Cinereous-pubescent, much branched, 2.5-4.5 dm. high, the 
branches ascending. Leaves of the. stem and branches linear, 
8-12 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, acute, those of the radical 
shoots smaller and narrower, finely appressed-pubescent; flowers 
numerous, short-pedicelled ; calyx densely covered with appressed 
white hairs ; capsule obovoid or subglobose, 1.5 mm. in diameter; 
outer sepals shorter than the inner. 
Florida and South Carolina. 
11. LecHEA Leccetti Britt. & Holl. 
Lechea minor Lam. Tabl. Encycl. ¢. 52, f. 1 (1791), not L. 
Lechea Leggettit Britt. & Holl. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 6 (1888). 
(Types in Columbia College Herbarium.) a 
Lechea Leggett var. pulchella Britt. & Holl. Prel. Cat. N. are : 
6 ( 1888). 
Erect, rather slender, freely branched, somewhat strigose- 
Pubescent or nearly glabrous, 2.5-5 dm. tall. Branches slender, 
Spreading or ascending; leaves of the stem linear or linear-oblong, 
acute or obtuse, 1-2.5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, sessile or nearly ~ 
80; leaves of the radical shoots oblong-linear, 4-6 mm. long, a 
mm. wide, acute; panicle open, its slender branches divergent; 
Owers somewhat secund; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; outer sepals 
scour equalling the inner; capsule obovoid or subglobose, 1.5 
mm. in diameter. See oe le 
In dry soil, Long Island, N. Y., to Indiana, south to Virginia o 
and Pennsylvania, 2 Ve ce 
