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Batsto (S), Vineland (S), Hammonton (Bassett), Quaker Bridge, Pleasant 

 Mills, Batsto, Mays Landing (S), Bridgeton, Atco (P), Absecon (P). 

 Coast Strip. — Atlantic City. 



LECHEA. 



Flowering and Fruiting Data. — The date under "Basal leaves" 

 signifies the approximate time of their appearance. Along with 

 the capsules they are more or less persistent over winter into early 

 summer. 



The flowers are small and inconspicuous, and of little or no 

 taxonomic importance. They appear in mid or late summer. 

 Identification can only be satisfactorily made when mature fruit 

 is present, or better when the basal leaves also are developed. 



Lechea minor L. Thyme-leaved Pinweed. 



PI. LXXXIIL, Fig. 3. 



Lechea minor Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 90. 1753 [Canada]. 

 Lechea thymifolia Knieskern 8. — Willis 11. — Britton 54. 



Lechea Novcr-Ccesarecs Austin, Gray's Man. Ed. V. 81. 1867 [N. New Jersey 

 and adjacent N. Y.]. 



Frequent in the Pine Barrens, and occasional in outlying 

 islands in the Middle district and in the Cape "May peninsula. 



Ft. — Late August to early October. Basal leaves. — About 

 mid-October. 



Middle District.— Red Bank (C), Long Branch (C), Griffith's Swamp, 

 Haddonfield. 



Pine Barrens. — Cassville, Toms River, Pasadena, Chatsworth, Atco (C), 

 Penbryn (S), Folsom, Quaker Bridge (S), White Horse (P). 



Cape May. — Court House (S). 



Lechea racemulosa Michx. Oblong-fruited Pinweed. 



PI. LXXXHL, Fig. 2. 



Lechea racemulosa Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 77. 1803 [Virginia]. — Pursh, 

 Fl. Am. Sept. L 91. 1814. — Britton 54. 



Common in dry sandy ground of the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May peninsula, and occasional in the North and Middle districts. 



Fr. — Early August to miid-Septemiber. Basal leaves. — About 

 late September. 



Middle District.— 0?ik\yn (S), Orchard (S), Bridgeton (NB). 

 Pine Barrens. — Forked River (NB), Fort Barnegat, Speedwell (S), Park- 

 dale (S), Penbryn (S), Palermo (S), Tuckahoe (S). 

 Cape May. — Dennisville (S), Cold Spring. 



