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iS4} TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



laris ; valvulis totidem I 3 valved, with as rr.aiij- 

 interioribus. Semen i in interior valves. Seed i 

 loculo sinffulo. in each cell. 



4. Villoma. 



L.' ramis radicalibus 

 prostratis, villosis ; foliis 

 lanceolatis, mucronatis, 



Radical branches pros- 

 trate, villous ; leaves Ian- 

 ceolate, mucronate. luiirv; 



pilosis ; panicuh's parvis, panicles small, flowers 



fasciculatis ; caule erecto. clustered ; stem erect. 

 E. 



L. major, Mich. 1. p. 76. 



, Walt. p. 83. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 1—2 feet high, branching, slight- 

 ly scabrous, surrounded at base by branches 2 — 4 inches long that trail 

 on the ground ; the radical and young stem branches covered with 

 ■white hairs, which are somewhat effaced in the okler ones, leaves 

 €n the radical branches onnosite 



5— a 



long, 3 



o^ "-^ wiue. r towers in hmaii ciustereci panicles at tne lermiua- 

 tion of the branches. BracteaSj 2 leaves at the base of each caljx, li- 

 near-lanceolate, acute, hairy, persistent, refiexed during the time of 

 flowering, afterwards appressed ; these appear to have been mistakea 

 by Walter and even Linnseus himself for the real calyx- Leavei 

 of the calyx lanceolate, obtuse, haiiy on the outside, persistent, f^' 

 ials lanceolate, obtuse, flat, as long as. but narrower tJian the calji» 

 -deciduous- Filaments 6 — 12, longer than the corolla. Mthe.rs5ct\m 

 pink coloured. Gerin su perior, ovate, styles 0. Stigmas S ? plumose. 

 ^eed I in each cell, oblong, angled at one side, acute at each end- 

 As the^ L. major of Linneeus is now understood to be the Cistui 

 Canadensis and not a Lechea, I have avoided the name to prevent 

 confusion. This plant, if kept from running to seed, would probably 

 form a very neat edging for the beds of a fl(>wer garden : the h»fi'^ 

 of the radical branches is very handsome during the winter, and the 

 *ize of the plant is well suited to such a purpose. 

 Grows in sandy soils, common. 

 Flowers July — August. 



S. Racemulosa. Mich. 



L. caule erecto ; foliis [ Stem erect ; leav es u- 

 iineari-lanceolatls,ciliatis; near lanceolate, ciliate; 

 pamculis elongatis ; floii- | panicles elongate; flowers 



bus solitariiSj racemosis. | in racemes, solitai 



Mich. 1. p. 77. Pursh, 1. p, 91 



L. miaor^ Wait. p. 83. 



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