LECHEA. TRIANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 161 



branches elongated ; flowers on short pedicels. Jlmoen. acad. 

 III. p. 10. t. 1. f. 4. JVilld,Spec,l.p,4d5. PurshFl. 

 I. p. 91. Big, host. p. 12. Lam. IlL\.c.L\. Walt, 

 Car. p. 83. Roem. ^ Schult. II. p. 859. Capraria foUis 

 i.ntegerrimis C I ay t. Virg. 75. 



Root perennial. Stem very slender, branched, about 8 inches 

 high, covered with minute adpressed hairs. Leaves slightly 

 ciiiate. Flowers twice as large as in the preceding species. 



Hab. In dry woods, See. August — September. 



3. L. raccnmlosa Mich.: plant covered with an ad- 

 pressed pubescence; stem erect, with slender, paniculate 

 branches above; leaves linear, acute, cihate ; flowers ra- 

 ther remote, alternate ; racemes naked. M i c h, Fl. \. 77. 

 P M r s A F/. I. p. 9 1 . Poir. Enc. Meth. III. p. 3^0. Roem. 

 (^ Schult. II. p. 860. 



Hab. In sandy fields ; New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. + 

 I suspect this plant is not distinct from the preceding species. 



A. L. thymifolia Ph.: whitish villose on every part; 

 stem erect; leaves linear, acute; panicle leafy, elongated; 

 branches short; flowers small, in lateral and terminal fascicles ; 

 pedicels very short. Pursh Fl. 1. p. 91. Mich. Fl. L 

 p. 77. Roem. ir Schult. II. p. 859. 



Rooc perennial. Stem firm and erect, whh numerous, somewh'St 

 spreading, branches, which are sometimes subverticillate. 

 Leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate, sessile, with a villous tuft 

 at their insertion ; margin revolute. Flowers about as large as 

 in L. major. 



Hab. On the sandy sea-coast of Long-Island. August. 



102. PROSERPINACA. L. 



Calyx superior, 3 -parted, persistent. Corolla 0. 

 Xut triquetrous, bony, 3-ceiled. Gen. pi. 134. JVutL 

 Gen. I. p. 91. Juss. p. 68. Gaert. fruct. I. p. 

 115. t. 24. Lam. III. t. 30. Roem. 8f Schult. 

 Gen. 401. Nat. Ord. Onagri Juss. Halora- 

 G E AE Ji. B r own. 



1 . P. palustris L. : leaves linear-lanceolate, serrate ; the 

 lower ones pinnatiiid. jJct. Ups. 1741. p. 81. JVilld, Spec. 

 I. p. 488. Lam. III. 1. p. 514. Mich. Fl. I. p. 7G. 

 Pursh Fl.l.ip.d2. Big. Bost. p. 30. Elliott Sk.]. 

 p. 81. fValt. Car. p. 84. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stein generally partly submerged, 

 about a foot high, of dark reddish colour, a little branched. 

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