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7. L. RECURVATA Raf. Hispid assnrgent, 

 branches opposite and ternate, leaves broad 

 oblong acute at both ends ciliate ; racennes spi- 

 cate recur vate unilateral, pedicels very short, 

 sepals oval, capsules globose — In Carolina and 

 Virginia, akin to L. ternifolla (perhaps the 

 true Menandra of Gr.) leaves and fruit differ- 

 ent, calix redish, seeds convex and concave. 



LECHEA OR LEKEA. 



8. L. MucRONATA Raf, precis 1814. villosa 

 Elliot 1820, major of Walter and Mx not Lin. 

 — Villose, stem erect, sterile stems prostrate, 

 leaves opposite and ternate below, chiefly lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, on short petiols ; flowers in 

 compound spikes axillary to foliaceous bracts, 

 ext. sepals acute reflexed in anthesis, internal 

 sepals obtuse, capsules ovate villose. — From 

 New England to Carolina, the most common 

 sp. but not the linnean L. 7najor with leaves 

 rough above, tomentose beneath and scattered 

 flowers ; which is the real Cishis Canadensisl 

 Flowers subsessile,ext. sepals linear, adpressed 

 in the fruit, internal sepals lanceolate, petals 

 lanceolate obtuse, commonly 3 seeds oblong 

 acute with an angle inside. Several varieties 

 1. Simplex my original sp. stem nearly simple, 

 leaves oblong cuneate, bracts oblong. " 2. Ra- 

 mosa, branches spreading above, leaves ovate 

 lanceolate, bracts lanceolate. Original speci- 

 men sent me by Elliot from Carolina. 3 Ses- 

 silifloi'a, leaves lanceolate, petiols very hairy, 

 branches fastigiate, spikes axillary and short, 

 flowers sessile. From Missouri. All peren- 

 nials. 



9. L. iiETEROPTiYLA Raf. L. miuor Smith, 

 stem paniculate above, adpressed pubescent, 



