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POLYANDRIA MONOGTNiA. Hellanthfemutn. 



Menandra ramis alternis. Clayt.Ji. virg.'lO, 

 In sandy fields : New Jersey to Carolina. 1/ . July. 

 V, V. Flowers small. 



corymlosum. 3. H. exstipulatum, erectum, ramosum, minutira pubes- 

 cens 5 foliis alternis lanceolatis subtus cano-tomentosis, 

 corymbis fastigiatis cont'ertim multifloris, calycis laci- 

 niis ovatis acutis, capsulis calyce vix longioribus.' — 

 Mich. fl. amer. 1 . p. 307. 

 In dry barren sand-fields, particularly along the sea- 

 coast : New Jersey to Georgia. 1/. June — Aug. 

 V. V. Flowers very small, sometimes without petals j 

 from which circumstance this and the foregoing spe- 

 cies have been mistaken for Lechea major. 



xosmarinifo- 4. H. exstipulatum, stricte-erectum, simplex, canescens ; 

 Hum. foliis linearibus margine revolutis subtus cano-to- 



mentosis, racemulis axillaribus interrupfe confertiflo- 

 ris, calycis laciniis ovatis acutis, petalis calyce triple 

 longioribus. 

 In pine-barrens : Georgia. Enslen. 11 . July. v. s. 

 in Herb. Enslen. Flowers bright yellow. 



carolinianum . 5. H. exstipulatum, hirsutum, erectum ; foliis alternis ob- 

 longo-ovalihus suboentiailatis, imis obovalibus utrin- 

 que hirsutis, pedun-nilis terminalibus paucis calyci- 

 busque villosissimis, rrlycis laciniis oblongis acutis pe- 

 talis brevioribns. — Mich.fi. amer. 1. p. 307. 



Cistus carolinianus. IVixlt.Ji. car. 152. 



Icon. Vent, eels 74. 



In pine-barrens of Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . June — 

 Aug. V. V. Flowers and leaves larger than in any 

 other species. 



426. HUDSONIA. Gen. pi. 822. Willd. hori. lerol 15. 



ericoides. 1- Hudson ia. Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 858. 



Icon. TFilld. hort. berol. 15. Berg. act. holm. 1/78. t.2. 



In pine-barrens of New Jersey and Virginia. Tj . May, 

 June. V. V. Flowers yellow. This delicate little 

 shrub, not above six inches high, covers large tracts 

 of sandy pine-woods in a similar manner as common 

 heath. 



