30 l>KOSEUACK^. (.SLNDKW FAMILY.) 



4. H. Canadense, Miilix. Stems croct, at first nearly sinijile, downy or 

 smootli ; leaves lanceolate, downy, or nearly smooth above ; tlowei-s axillary, 

 tiic perfect ones lar;:e, solitary, the later ajietalous ones clustered or sometimcH 

 wantiii-j. (H. rosmai-iiiit'oliiiin, /Vi. ? II. ramuliflorum, Mirhx.) — Dry sterilo 

 soil, Florida and northward. April. — Stems 1*^ hlyii. I'eifoct flowers nn 

 inch wide. 



2. LECHEA, L. 



Petals 3, persistent, not lonper than the sepals. Stamens 3-12. Stigmas 3, 

 sessile, plumose. Capsule globose, 3-valvcd, incomi)letely 3 celled, 6-seeded. 

 Embryo slightly curved. — Perennial herbs, with small greenish flowers in 

 raecmes or panicles. 



1. L. major, Michx. Villous; leaves alternate, opposite, or whorlcd, el- 

 liptical, those on the prostrate radical branches roundish ; flowers on short pedi- 

 cels, densely crowded in short simple or compound axillary racemes. (L. villosa, 

 Ell.) — Dry sterile soil, Florida and northward. July and August. — Stem 2° 

 high, branching toward the summit. Capsules as large as a pin's head. 



2. L. minor, Lam. Rough with appressed scattered hairs ; the young 

 branches and caly.x more or less hoary ; stems paniciilately branched above ; 

 leaves scattered, linear ; flowers loosely racemose, on distinct, often appi-essed 

 pedicels. (L. raccmulosa and L. tenuifolia. Michx.) — Dn,' sandy soil, common. 

 July and August. — Stems ^°-2° high. Capsules larger than in No. 1. liad- 

 ical branches often wanting. 



3. HUDSONIA, L. 



Vetals .5, larger than the sepals, fugacious. Stamens 9 - 30. Style filiform. 

 Stigma minute. Capsule oblong, 1-celled, 3-valved, with 2-6 erect seeds at- 

 tached near their base. Embryo coiled. — Low tufted shrubs, with miimtc hoary, 

 subulate, imbricated leaves, and yellow flowers at the summit of the branches. 



1. H. montana, Nutt. Stems 2' -4' high; leaves loosely imbricated; 

 pedicels longer than the flowers ; calyx campanulatc; sepals acuminate. — Table 

 Rock, North Carolina. 



Order 16. DROSERACE^. (Sundew Family.) 



Low glandular-hairy marsh herbs, with circinate tufted radical leaves, 

 and regular hypogynous white or purplish flowers, borne on a naked scape. 

 Sepals r>, j)ersistent. Petals 5, withering. Stamens 5 - 15, distinct: an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary 1-celled, many-ovuled, with 3 or 5 parietal pla- 

 centaj. Styles separate or united. Capsule loculicidally 3-5-valved. 

 Seeds anatropous. Embryo minute at the base of fleshy albumen. 



1. DROSERA, L. Sundew. 



Stamens .5. Styles 3-5, deeply 2-parted ; the divisions 2 -many-lobed. Cap- 

 sule 3-valvcd, many-seeded. — Leaves dewy with glandular hairs. Scape often 

 forking. Flowers racemose, secund. 



