442 CISTACEAE. (Vor. II. 
1. Lechea minor L. Thyme-leaved 
Pin-weed. (Fig. 2475.) 
Lechea minor 1. Sp. Pl. 90. 1753. 
Lechea thymtfolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:77. 1803. 
eee a oe Aust.; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 
5h. oh 
Erect, 6’-2° high, freely branching above, 
more or less pilose-pubescent with appressed 
hairs throughout. Branches slender, erect or 
ascending; stem-leaves oval or oblong, 4//-7’’ 
long, 2’/-3/’ wide, acutish or obtuse, ciliate, the 
upper smaller than the lower; petioles 1// long; 
leaves of the basal shoots oval or oblong, ob- 
tuse, 3/’-5’’ long, 2'4’/-3’’ wide; panicle very 
leafy; flowers close together, somewhat secund; 
outer sepals longer than the inner and longer 
than the obovoid or globose pod. 
_In dry open grounds, eastern Massachusetts to 
Michigan, south to Florida and Louisiana. Petals 
red-purple. Aug.-Sept. 
2. Lechea racemuldsa Michx. Ob- 
long-fruited Pin-weed. (Fig. 2476.) 
Lechea racemulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:77. 1803. 
Erect, 6/-18’ high, freely branching above, 
slightly pilose-pubescent throughout with ap- 
pressed hairs. Branches slender, divergent or 
ascending; leaves of the stem oblong or linear- 
oblong, obtuse or acutish, narrowed at the base, 
4’’-9 long, 134’’-2’” wide; leaves of the basal 
shoots oval or oblong, 2//-4’’ long, 1%4//- 
3’’ wide, obtuse; petioles about 1’’ long; pani- 
cle sparsely leafy, its branches spreading or 
ascending; flowers on slender divergent pedicels 
1/’-2// long; outer sepals equalling or shorter 
than the inner; pod oblong or ellipsoid. 
In dry sandy and rocky soil, Martha’s Vineyard to 
Indiana, Floridaand Tennessee. Ascends to 4200 ft. 
in North Carolina. July—Aug. 
3. Lechea villosa Ell. Large or Hairy 
ny] Va” . } Pin-weed. (Fig. 2477. 
BS = pan Oy — Lechea major Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 76. 1803. 
w YW Not L. 1753. 
Lechea villosa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 184. 1817. 
Erect, villous-pubescent with spreading hairs, 
1°-214° high, branching above, leafy. Branches 
rather stout, ascending; leaves of the stem ob- 
long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 8’’-12’’ long, 
3/’-5’’ wide; petioles %4’” long; leaves of the 
basal shoots oval or oblong, obtuse, 3//-4’’ 
long, 2’’-3’’ wide; branches of the panicle as- 
cending, the ultimate branchlets often recurved; 
pedicels 14’’ long; flowers more or less secund- 
scorpioid, close together; outer sepals about 
equalling the inner; pod depressed-globose, 34’ 
in diameter. 
In dry soil, Massachusetts to southern Ontario 
and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. Petals 
greenish purple. July-Aug. 
