xx CISTINEJE. 



spicuously exserted and distinct ; stamens 25 to 30 ; capsule villous, gene- 

 rally 3-seeded, 3 times the size of the other : valves ovate, partly septife- 

 rous ; seeds granulate, somewhat angular, f? . Native of the summit of the 

 highest mountains of North Carolina, abundant on the romantic summit of 

 the Table-rock, a singularly elevated and isolated portion of the Catawba 

 ridge. NuttalL Flowers as in all the species yellow. 



3. H. austrdlis (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 452.) Smoothish, erect ; leaves li- 

 nearly lanceolate, underneath clothed with scattered spreading hairs; llow- 

 ers terminal, solitary, peduncled, calyx taper-pointed, somewhat hairy. ^. 

 Native of Monte Video. Seilo. 



LEG HE A. Calyx 3-sepalus bracteis sepalisve exter. duobus exterio- 

 ribus stipatus. Petala 3, lanceolata. Stamina 3-12, saepius numero terna- 

 ria. Ovarium 1 sub-trigonum. Stigmata 3, vix distincta. Capsula 3-valvis 

 medio septi aut nerviferis; semina septo nervove adfixa paucissima ssepitis 8; 

 albumen carnosum. Embryo dorsalis rectiusculus, radicula infera : cotyle- 

 donibus ovato-oblongis. Herbae (Boreali- Americans) incomptae ; floribus 

 numerosisparvis; ra,misinfimis afloriferis scepe diver sis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 285. 

 1. L. villosa (Elliott sketch. 184.) All over hairy ; leaves oblongly lan- 

 ceolate, mucrouate ; panicle pyramidal, leafy : branches flowering at the 

 points ; flowers crowded in a sort of raceme, facing all to one side, on short 

 flower-stalks, n . Native of North America, from Canada to Florida. L. ma- 

 jor. Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 90. non Linn. L. minor. Lin. Lam. ill. t. 52. f. 2. 



/3 ? mucronata (Raf. prec. 37.) Hairy ; stem erect, simple ; raceme com- 

 pound ; flowers bracteolate.^. Native of woods, in New Jersey. 



2. L. minor (Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 91.) Smoothish, leaves linearly lan- 

 ceolate, acute ; panicle leafy ; branches elongated, all over covered with 

 flowers; flowers on short flower-stalks; stem assurgent. ^ . Native of hills 

 from Canada to Pensylvania. Lam. ill. t. 52. f. 1. 



3. L. racemulbsa (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with 

 close-pressed pubescence ; leaves linear, acute, fringed ; panicle slender, 

 very much branched, pyramidal ; racemes naked ; flowers small, alternate, 

 pedicelled; stem erect. ^.Native of New Jersey to Carolina. Pursh fl. 

 amer. 1. p. 91.- G AURA Lam. ill. t.281. f. 3. 



4. L. thymijblia (Mich. fl. bor. am, 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with 

 close-pressed white woolly down ; leaves linear, acute ; panicle leafy, elon- 

 gated : branches short ; flowers in close clusters, lateral and terminal ; 

 flower-stalks very short ; flowers small, clothed with white wool ; stem up- 

 right, ty. Native of woods from Virginia to Carolina. Lower branches 

 creeping, similar to Thyraus Serpyllum, from Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 91. 



5. L. tenuifblia (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) Covered all over with 

 scattered hairs ; leaves very narrow ; panicle spreading, somewhat naked : 

 branches alternate; flower-stalks elongated, spreading; stem erect. I/.. 

 Native of dry gravelly hills from Virginia to Georgia. Pursh. -Leaves on 

 the lower branches linear. 



6? L. verticilldta (Willd. spec. 1. p. 495.) Stem bristly; leaves ob- 

 longly ovate, serrulate ; flowers whorled. -4 . - Native of the East Indies. 

 H abit of Sperinacoce. Most probably not belonging to this genus, or natu- 

 ral order. 



