632 FLORA. 



Erect, villous-pubescent. 3. L. villosa. 



Ascending, bushy-branched, tomentose-canescent. 4. L. maritima. 

 Leaves of the basal shoots lanceolate or linear, usually more than 3 times as long 

 as broad. 



Stem-leaves narrowly linear; inner sepals i-nerved. 5. L. tenuifolia. 



Stem-leaves oblong-linear; inner sepals 3-nerved. 

 Plants green, more or less pubescent. 



Pod oblong to ovoid, 2 mm. long; panicle dense; flowers secund, short- 



pedicelled. 6. L. moniliformis. 



Pod obovoid, i mm. in diameter ; panicle loose, the branches ascending or 



spreading ; flowers short-pedicelled. 7. L. Leggettii. 



Pod globose, about 2 mm. in diameter; panicle-branches nearly erect, loosely 



flowered ; flowers slender-pedicelled. 8. L. intermedia. 



Pod oval, about i mm. in diameter; panicle-branches erect-ascending, 



densely flowered ; flowers short-pedicelled. 9. L. juniperina. 



Plant pale, canescent; pod globose, i mm. in diameter . 10. L. strict a. 



1. Lechea minor L. THYME-LEAVED PIN-WEED. (I. F. f. 2475.) Pubes- 

 cent with appressed hairs, 1.5-5 dm. Branches erect or ascending; stem- leaves 

 oval or oblong, 8-14 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, ciliate; petioles 2 mm. long; leaves 

 of the basal snoots oval or oblong, obtuse, 6-10 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide; flowers 

 close together, somewhat secund; outer sepals longer than the obovoid or globose 

 pod. In dry open grounds, eastern Mass, to Mich., Fla. and La. Aug. -Sept. 



2. Lechea racemulosa Michx. OBLONG-FRUITED PIN-WEED. (I. F. f. 

 2476.) Pubescent with appressed hairs, 1.5-5 dm. high. Branches divergent 

 or ascending; leaves of the stem oblong or linear-oblong, narrowed at the base, 

 8-18 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; leaves of the basal shoots oval or oblong, 4-8 mm. 

 long, 3-6 mm. wide, obtuse; flowers on divergent pedicels 2-4 mm. long; pod 

 oblong or ellipsoid. In dry sandy and rocky soil, E. Mass. (?); L. I. to Ind., Fla. 

 and Term. July-Aug. 



3. Lechea villosa Ell. LARGE OR HAIRY PIN-WEED. (I. F. f. 2477.) Vil- 

 lous-pubescent, 3-8 dm. high, leafy. Branches ascending ; leaves of the stem ob- 

 long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 16-25 mm - l n g> 6-10 mm. wide; leaves of the 

 basal shoots oval or oblong, obtuse, 6-8 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide; branches of the 

 panicle ascending, the ultimate branchlets often recurved; flowers more or less 

 secund-scorpioid, close together; outer sepals about equalling the inner; pod de- 

 pressed-globose, i mm. in diameter. In dry soil, Mass, and Vt. to southern Ont., 

 Neb., Fla. and Tex. July-Aug. 



4. Lechea maritima Leggett. BEACH PIN- WEED. (I. F. f. 2478.) Densely 

 tufted, branching from the base, stout, rigid, 1.5-3 dm. high, tomentose-canescent 

 with whitish hairs; leaves of the stem linear or linear -oblong. 8-20 mm. long, 2-4 

 mm. wide; leaves of the basal shoots oblong or ovate-oblong, mainly acute, 6-8 

 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, densely canescent; outer sepals shorter than the inner; 

 pod globose, I mm. in diameter. Sands of the seashore and in sandy pine-barrens, 

 Me. to Ga. Also at the Crawford Notch, White Mts., N. H. 



5. Lechea tenuifolia Michx. NARROW-LEAVED PIN-WEED. (I. F. f. 2479.) 

 Densely tufted; stems slender, 1.2-5 dm. high, divaricately branched above, mi- 

 nutely strigose-pubescent. Branches slender; leaves of the stem narrowly linear, 

 or sometimes nearly filiform, 4-14 mm. long, i mm. wide or less, acute, sessile, or 

 very nearly so ; leaves of the basal shoots linear, sessile, 6-8 mm. long, about i mm. 

 wide; pedicels 2 mm. long; flowers more or less secund, bracted by the upper 

 leaves; outer sepals equalling or exceeding the inner; pod globose-oval, i mm. in 

 diameter, or slightly more. In dry open places, eastern Mass, to Wis., Neb., 

 Fla. and Tex. July-Aug. 



6. Lechea moniliformis Bicknell, n. sp. NECKLACE-LIKE PIN-WEED. Simi- 

 lar to L. Leggettii but with denser and more leafy and floriferous panicle of shorter 

 branches and longer flowering branchlets ; inflorescence more secund, the larger 

 and more oblong fruiting calyx purplish ; stem very pliant except when old, green, 

 becoming purple and shining, glabrate below; leaves linear to oblong-linear, 

 becoming 3.5 cm. long, often sub falcate, acute, tapering into a petiole 1-2 mm. 

 long; pedicels 1.5-3 mm - lon g- appressed ; fruiting calyx 2-2.5 mm - lon g witn 

 shorter outer sepals, 1.5 mm, broad ; capsule often exserted, substipitate, Nan- 

 tucket Island, Mass., borders of salt marshes and low thickets, 



