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1. Hudsonia ericoides I. Heath-like 
Hudsonia. (Fig. 2473.) 
Hudsonia ertcoides 1, Mant. 1:74. 1767. 
Bushy-branched from the base, greenish, 
softly-pubescent throughout, 4/-7’ high, the 
principal branches slender, ascending. Leaves 
subulate, 3//-4// long, somewhat spreading, 
densely imbricated on the younger branches, 
more scattered on the older ones; pedicels very 
slender, 5’/-8’’ long; flowers numerous, about 
4/’ broad; sepals 2//-3/’ long, acutish; stamens 
12-18; capsule oblong, slightly pubescent; seeds 
about 3. 
In dry sandy soil, especially in pine-barrens, 
mainly near the coast, Nova Scotia. to Virginia. 
Also at North Conway, N. H. (Miss Minns), May- 
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2. Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Woolly 
Hudsonia. False Heather. Beach 
Heather. (Fig. 2474.) 
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2:5. 1818. 
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‘Densely tufted and intricately branched, mat- 
ted, hoary-pubescent, pale, 4/-8’ high; branches 
stout, ascending. Leaves 1’ long, oval or ob- 
long, densely imbricated and appressed; flowers 
sessile, or on pedicels less than 1/’ long, numer- 
ous, slightly smaller than those of the preceding 
species; sepals obtuse; stamens 9-18; capsules 
ovoid, glabrous, usually 1-seeded. 
In sands of the seashore and in pine-barrens, 
Maryland to New Brunswick, and on lake and river 
shores west to Slave Lake and the Lake of the 
Woods. May-July. Called also Poverty Grass. 
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3. LECHEA IL. Sp. Pl. 90. 1753. 
Perennial branching herbs, often woody at the base, with small entire leaves and minute 
panicled greenish or purplish flowers. Sepals 5, the 2 outer smaller and narrower. Petals 
3, ovate to linear, inconspicuous, persistent. Stamens 3-12. Stigmas 3, nearly sessile, 
laciniate, prominent when the plant is in flower. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, or by oblitera- 
tion of the dissepiments 1-celled, about 6-seeded. Kmbryo curved or spiral. [Named for 
Johan Leche, a Swedish botanist, died 1764. J 
A genus about of 14 species, 11 of them natives of eastern North America, 1 Texan, 1 Cuban 
and 1 Mexican. Species indiscriminately known as Pin-weeds. The characteristic basal shoots 
appear late in the season. 
Leaves of the basal shoots oblong or ovate, not more than 3 times as long as broad. 
Outer sepals longer than the inner; panicle very leafy. 1. L. minor. 
Outer sepals equalling or shorter than the inner. 
Pod oblong; pedicels slender, 1''-2'’ long. 2. L. racemulosa, 
Pod globose; pedicels about '4"’ long. 
Erect, villous-pubescent. 3. L. villosa. 
Ascending, bushy-branched, tomentose-canescent. 4. L. maritima. 
Leaves of the basal shoots lanceolate or linear, usually more than 3 times as long as broad. 
Stem-leaves narrowly linear; inner sepals 1-nerved. 5. L. lenutfolia. 
Stem-leaves oblong-linear; inner sepals 3-nerved. 
Plants green, more or less pubescent. 
Pod obovoid, 14’’ in diameter; panicle-branches ascending or spreading. 
6. L. Leggettit. 
Pod globose, about 1’’ in diameter; panicle-branches nearly erect, loosely flowered; 
flowers slender-pedicelled. ; 7. L. intermedia. 
Pod oval, about %4’’ in diameter; panicle-branches erect-ascending, densely flowered; 
flowers short-pedicelled. 8. L. guniperina. 
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Plant pale, canescent; pod globose, !4’’ in diameter. g. L. stricta. 
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