TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Lcchea. Pl 



2. L. glabriuscula ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, panicvila minor. 



foliosa, ramis elongatis undique floriferis, fioribus 



brevi-pedicellatis, caule assurgente.— Wi'Ud. sp. pl. 1. 



p. 495. 

 Icon. Lam. illusir. t. 52. f. 1. 

 On dry gravelly hills : Canada to Pensylvania. 1/ . July, 



Aug, V. V. Lower in growth and larger in fruit 



than No. 1 . 



3. L. undique adpresso-pubescens ; fohis linearibus acutis racemulosa. 



ciliatis, paiiicula gracilis ramosissima pyramidata, race- 

 mulis nudiusculis, lloribus parvis alternis pedicellatis, 

 caule erecto. — Mich Jl. amer. l.p.77- 

 In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina. "2/ . July. v. v. 



4. L. undique adpresso-cano-villosa ; foliis linearibus acutis, thymifolia. 



panicula foliosa elorigata : ramis brevibus, fioribus fas- 

 ciculatis lateralibus terminalibusque, pedicellis brevis- 

 simis, tloribus parvis cano-tomentosis, caule erecto. 

 L. thymifolia. Mich.Ji. amer 1. p. 77 ? 

 In barren dry woods, on slate hills : Virginia, &c. J/. 

 July. V. V. The lower branches, which in most 

 species of this genus trail on the ground, have a great 

 resemblance to Thymus Serpyllum. 



5. L. sparse pilosa ; foliis angustissimis, panicula divaricata 



nudiuscula, ramulis alternis, pedicellis elongatis diva- 

 ricatis, caule erecto. — Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 77. 

 On dry gravelly hills : Virginia to Georgia. % . May — 

 July. V. V. The lower branches in this species have 

 linear leaves, by which it is easily distinguished from 

 the rest. 



113. ERIOCAULON. Gen.pl. \32. 



1. E. scapo decemstriato, foliis ensiformibus glabris, capi- decangulare. 



tulo magno depresso-globoso, squamis involucri ova- 



libus acutis, paleis receptaculi mucronatis. — Mich.Ji. 



amer. \. p. 1(55. JFilld. sp.pl. 1. p. 4S5. 

 E. .serotinum. IFalt Ji. car. S3. Lam. encycl. 3, p. 2/6. 

 Icon. Pluk. amalth. t.AOg.J. 5. 

 In deep swamps; New Jersey to Carolina. 1/. Aug. 



v.v. From three to four feet high. 



2. E. scapo subcompresso decemstriato, foliis brevibus su- gnaphalodes. 



bulato-ensiformibus glabris : capitulo hemisphserice 

 convexo, involucri squamis ovalibus rotundato-obtusis 

 scariosis argenteo-lucidis. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 165. 

 E. decangulare. IFalt.Ji. car. 83. 



tenuijulia. 



