160 TRIANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. molluqo. 



I. 90. Juss. p. 300. Roem. ^ Schult. Geru 

 396. Lam. IlL t. LII. Nat. Ord. Caryophyl- 

 LEAE Juss. Indian Chickweed. 



M. verticillafa L. : leaves verticillate, cuneiform, acute ; 

 stem branched, depressed; peduncles 1 -flowered. W ill d. 

 Spec. 1. p. 492. Mich. FL I. p. 77. Big. Bost. p. 29. 

 Pursh'Fl.i. p. 92. Elliott Sk. I. p. 183. Walt. 

 Car. p. 83. G r o n. Virg. 14. Roem, ^ Schult. II. 

 p. 871. Alsine 5'^ergM/a, &c. Pluk. Mant. i. ZZ'2. i. A. 

 (bona.) 



i^o&f finnual. Stem branching, appressed to the earth, and ex- 

 tenrliiig in a circular manner from 6 to 18 inches in diameter; 

 branches ciichotomous. Leaves in about sixes, varying from 

 ciineate to spatuiate. Peduncles axillary, much shorter than 

 the leaves. Calyx with oblong 3-nerved leaves, shorter than 

 the capsule, white within. Stamens 3, larger than the ger- 

 men; aM?/ifrs subglobose. Ca/zsu/e ovate, somewhat 3-lobed, 

 roughened by little eminences from the protrusion of the en- 

 closed seeds. 



Hab. In cultivated grounds and in sandy fields ; very common. 

 July — September. 



101. LECHEA. L. 



Calyx 3-leaved. Petals 3. Styles 0; stigmas 3, 

 plumose. Capsule S-ctlled, 3-valved, with as many 

 interior valves opposite the others; cells 1-seeded. 

 Gen. pi 142. Xu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 90. Ju s s. p. 303. 

 Boem.b" Schult. Gf^ti. 393. Lam. ///. t. L. Sta- 

 mens sometimes more than 3. 



1. L. major L. ; plant hirsute on every part; leaves 

 oblont^-lanceolate, mucronate ; panicle leafy, pyramidal ; 

 branches flovvering towards their extremities ; flowers in fasci- 

 culate racemes, secund, on short pedicels. Jimoen. acad. III. 

 p. 11. t. 4. f. I. fVilld.Spec.4'Jo. Mich. Fl. I. 1^.76, 

 Big. Bost. ^.'29. Pursh Fl.l.ip. 9\. Walt,Car,ip. 

 83. Lam. III. 1. c. f. 2. L. villosa. Elliott Sk. I. p. 

 184. 



Boot perennial. Stem erect, about a foot high, shooting out ra- 

 dical prostrate branches. Leaves sometimes quite villous. 

 Flowers about the size of a mustard seed and very numerous, 

 oblong, seldom expanding, each with 2 -lanceolate bracts at the 

 base. Petals linear. Stamens 3 — 9. Seeds ovate, acute. 



Hab. In sandy woods and on dry hills ; common. August. 



2. L. minor L,: whole plant nearly glabrous ^ stem as- 

 surgent; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute; panicle leafy; 



