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c. Greenish, soft pubescent, leaves subulate, 6-8 mm. long. 



Hudsonia ericoides, p. 561 

 cc. Pale, hoary pubescent, leaves 2 mm. long, appressed. 



H. tomentosa, p. 560 

 aa. Flowers very small, greenish or purplish, numerous in panicles, stem 

 leaves minute and entire, horizontal basal leafy shoots develop late in the 

 season, often with broader leaves. 



h. Leaves on basal shoots oblong to ovate, not three times as long as 

 broad, 

 c. Pubescence of the stem spreading, panicle dense. 



Lechea villosa, p. 563 

 cc. Pubescence of the stem appressed, panicle more open. 



d. Outer sepals exceeding the inner. L. minor, p. 562 



dd. Outer sepals shorter than the inner. 



e. Fruiting heads obovoid, pyriform, basal shoots green. 



L. racemulosa, p. 562 

 ee. Fruiting heads subglobose, basal shoots hoary, pubescent. 



L. maritima, p. 563 

 bb. Leaves on basal shoots narrowly lanceolate to linear. 



c. Inner sepals i-nerved, usually exceeded by the outer ones, stem 



leaves narrowly linear. L. tenuifolia, p. 563 



cc. Inner sepals 3-nerved, equalling or longer than the outer ones. 



d. Plant canescent pubescent. L. maritima, p. 563 



dd. Plant green. L- leggettii, p. 563 



HELIANTHEMUM Persoon. 



The flowers are of two kinds; large showy petaliferous blos- 

 soms appearing early, and small, practically apetalous ones, ap- 

 pearing later and bearing much smaller capsules. Some speci- 

 mens in the latter stage resemble certain species of Lechea. 



Helianthemum majus (L.). Hoary Frostweed. 



Lechea major Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 90. 1753 [Canada]. 



Helianthemum corymbosum Barton, Fl. Phila. II. 7. 1818. — 'Willis 10. — 



Britton 53. 

 Helianthemum ramuMorum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 11. 363. 1814. — Barton, 



Fl. Phila. IL 7- 1818. 



Dry sandy soil ; coniimon throughout our region, except in the 

 Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — (Petaliferous) Late May to late June. Fr. — (Of apeta- 

 liferous flowers) Early July to early September. 



Middle District.— 'Farmingdale (S), Arney's Mt. (S), Pemberton (NB), 

 New Egypt, Medford, Haddonfield (C), Clementon, Griffith's Swamp, Tomlin, 

 Woodbury, Swedesboro, Centerton (S). 



Coast Strip. — Asbury Park, Como, Palermo. 



Cape May.— Seaville, Court House, Anglesea Jnc. (S), Bennett. 



