Genus 3. 



ROCK-ROSE FAMILY. 



543 



2. Lechea racemulosa Lai 



Obloiu 



fruited Pin-weed. Fig. 2915. 



Lechea racemulosa Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2 : 432. pi. 

 2S1. f. 3. 1791. 



Erect, 6'-i8' high, freely branching above, 

 slightly pubescent throughout with appressed 

 hairs or at length nearly glabrous. Branches 

 slender, divergent or ascending; leaves of the 

 stem oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, 

 narrowed at the base, 4"-9" long, ii"-2" wide: 

 leaves of the basal shoots oval or oblong, 2"-4" 

 long, ii"-3" wide, obtuse; petioles about 1" long; 

 panicle sparsely leafy, its branches spreading or 

 ascending; flowers on slender divergent pedicels 

 i"-2" long; outer sepals equalling or shorter 

 than the inner; pod oblong or ellipsoid. 



In dry sandy and rocky soil, southeastern New 

 York to Indiana. Florida and Tennessee. Ascends to 

 4200 ft. in North Carolina. July-Aug. 



3. Lechea villosa EIL Large or Hairy, 

 rill-weed. Fig. 2916. 



Lechea major Michx. FI. Bor. Am, i : 76. 1803. 



Not L. 1753. 

 Lechea villosa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i : 184. 1817. 



Erect, villous-pubescent with spreading hairs, 

 i-2i high, branching above, leafy. Branches 

 rather stout, ascending ; leaves of the stem ob- 

 long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 8"-i2" long, 

 3"-S" wide; petioles ' long; leaves of the basal 

 shoots oval or oblong, obtuse, 3"-4" long, 2"-3" 

 wide ; branches of the panicle ascending, the ulti- 

 mate branchlets often recurved; pedicels i" long; 

 flowers more or less secund-scorpioid, close to- 

 gether ; outer sepals about equalling the inner ; 

 pod depressed-globose, i" in diameter. 



In dry soil, Vermont and Massachusetts to southern 

 Ontario and Nebraska, south to Florida, Te.xas and 

 northern Mexico. Petals greenish purple. July-Aug. 



4. Lechea maritima Leggett. 



Beach 



Pin-weed. Fig. 2917. 



L. maritima Leggett in Britt. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 13. 



18S1. 

 L. minor var. maritima A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 77. 



1890. 

 L. maritima interior Robinson, Rhodora 10 : 34. 



1908. 



Densely tufted, branching from the base, 

 stout, rigid, 6'-i5' high, tomentose-canescent 

 with whitish hairs. Primary branches spreading 

 or ascending, numerous; flowering branches 

 slender, stiff, divergent, elongated; leaves of 

 the stem linear or linear-oblong, blunt or 

 acute, 4"-io" long, i"-2" wide; leaves of the 

 basal shoots oblong or ovate-oblong, mainly 

 acute, 3"-4" long, ii''_2" wide, densely canes- 

 cent; pedicels i"-i" long; flowers numerous, 

 clustered ; petals reddish; outer sepals shorter 

 than the inner; pod globose, i" in diameter 



Sands of the seashore and in sandy soil inland, 

 Maine to Virginia and Georgia. 



