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The mistakes about these plants have arisen 

 from few Botanists seeing their anthesis or full 

 bloom, which like many Cistides, only last a few 

 hours towards noon: the petals soon after 

 wither, and the stamens collapse or are glued 

 to the stigma. But the characters now assum- 

 ed on the persistent respective length of the ca- 

 lix, will always be perspicuous. I have speci- 

 mens of all the described species. 



MENANDRA. 



1. L. PULciiELLA Raf. quite smooth, stem 

 stiff virgate, leaves scattered long linear acute ; 

 flowers paniculate and lax in naked racemes, 

 bracts none, ext. sepals subulate, internal ovate 

 obtuse, petals elliptic obtuse incarnate, capsule 

 obovate. — In the Pine barrens of New Jersey, 

 probably extending South; probably the Ij, 

 racemidosa of many Botanists, but not Mx. 

 which is pubescent with ciliate leaves. It is a 

 very pretty sp. when in full bloom in August, 

 the calix being red inside, the petals incarnate 

 the large stigma v/hite. The erect stiff stem 

 produces hundreds of flowers at once, it is 

 about one foot high, and only branched above. 

 Several varieties 1. Minor ^ only 2 to 4 inches 

 high, panicle leafy. 2. Elegans, over a foot 

 high, panicle fastigiate. 3. Pyramidalis. 

 Branches pyramidal. 



2. L. ciNEREA Raf. (L. thymifolia Mx. Slc) 

 adpressed pubescent,cinereous fastigiate, leaves 

 scattered narrow linear adpressed; racemes 

 paniculate pauciflore subnaked, flowers canes- 

 cent outside, sepals lanceolate acute, capsule 

 oblong longer. — In Florida and Georgia : deem- 

 ed L. racemidosa by Collins, easily known by 

 its color, perhaps the real thymifolia ? 



3. L. TERNiroLiA Raf. (Menandra ramis ter- 



