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The mistakes about these plants have arisen 

 from few Botanists seeing their anthesis or full 

 bloom, which like many Cistides, only last a few 

 hours towards noon: the petals soon after 

 wither, and the stamens collapse or are glued 

 to the stigma. But the characters now assum- 

 ed on the persistent respective length of the ca- 

 lix, will always be perspicuous. I have sj)eci- 

 mens of all the described species. 



MENANDRA. 



1. L. PULCHELLA Raf. quito smooth, stem 

 stiff virgate, leaves scattered long linear acute ; 

 flowers paniculate and lax in naked racemes, 

 bracts none, ext. sepals subulate, internal ovate 

 obtuse, petals elliptic obtuse incarnate, capsule 

 obovate. — In the Pine barrens of New Jersey, 

 probably extending South; probably the L. 

 racemulosa of many Botanists, but not Mx. 

 which is pubescent with ciliate leaves. It is a 

 very pretty sp. when in full bloom in August, 

 the calix being red inside, the petals incarnate 

 the large stigma white. The erect stiff stem 

 produces hundreds of flowers at once, it is 

 about one foot high, and only branched above. 

 Several varieties 1. Minor, only 2 to 4 inches 

 high, panicle leafy. 2. Elegans, over a foot 

 high, panicle fastigiate. 3. Pyramidalis. 

 Branches pyramidal. 



2. L. ciNEREA Raf. (L. thymifolia Mx. &c) 

 adpressed pubescent,cinereous fastigiate, leaves 

 scattered narrow linear adpressed ; racemes 

 paniculate pauciflore subnaked, flowers canes- 

 cent outside, sepals lanceolate acute, capsule 

 oblong longer. — In Florida and Georgia : deem- 

 ed Z». racemulosa by Collins, easily known by 

 its color, perhaps the real thymifolia ? 



a L. TERNiFOLiA Raf. (Mcuandra ramis ter- 



