CISTACEAE, [Vor. II. 
7. Lechea intermédia Leggett. 
Large-podded Pin-weed. (Fig. 2481.) 
Lechea intermedia Leggett; Britton, Bull. Torr. 
Club, 21: 252. 1894. 
Erect, 8’-24’ high, branching above, spar- 
ingly strigose-pubescent. Branches erect or 
nearly so, short, slender; leaves of the stem 
oblong-linear, 6//-14’’ long, 1//-2'4’’ wide, 
acute, nearly sessile, leaves of the basal 
shoots oblong-linear, shorter than those of 
the stem, 4/’-5’’ long, 14’’ wide, somewhat 
larger than those of ZL. Leggettii; pedicels 
1//-2/ long, slender; outer sepals about 
equalling the inner; capsule subglobose or 
depressed-globose, about 1’ in diameter. 
In dry open places, especially in hilly or moun- 
tainous regions, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to 
New Brunswick, northern New York and Onta- 
tio. Root-leaves full-grown in October or No- 
vember. Petals brownish purple. July-Aug. 
8. Lechea junipérina Bicknell. Maine Pin-weed. (Fig. 2482.) 
Lechea juntperina Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, rh) On Qn Q (h 
24: 88. 1897. p 
Tufted, 4’-20’ high, finely hoary to canes- 
cent. Branches short, ascending or erect, 
leafy, forming a dense narrow panicle; stem- 
leaves numerous, ascending or appressed, 
glabrous, except the midrib and margins, 
linear-oblong to oblanceolate, 5//-10’’ long, 
1//-2/’ wide; flowers numerous, crowded; pedi- 
cels %//-1%’ long; fruiting calyx ovoid- 
ellipsoid, 3/’7 long; inner sepals elliptic, Oe 
nerveless or faintly 3-nerved, often deep pur- Nays 
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basal shoots oblong or elliptic, 2’-3/’ long, gop, Nie \ 
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g. Lechea stricta Leggett. Bushy or 
Prairie Pin-weed. (Fig. 2483.) 
Lechea stricta Leggett; Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 
21: 251. 1804. 
Erect, 12/-16’ high, densely and fastigiately 
branched, densely strigose-canescent, pale, very 
bushy. Branches slender, ascending or nearly 
erect; leaves of the stem linear-oblong, 6’/—12/7 
long, 14’/-1’’ wide, acute or bluntish; leaves of 
the basal shoots linear-oblong, much smaller 
than those of the stem, 2’’-3/’ long, '2’’ wide or 
less, acute; pedicels slender, 1//-1'4’’ long; 
outer sepals shorter than or equalling the inner; 
capsule subglobose to oval, 14’’ in diameter. 
In open dry places, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa. 
July-Aug. 
