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CISTACEAE. 



[Vot. II. 



i. Lechea minor L. Thyme-leaved 

 Pin-weed. (Fig. 2475.) 



Lechea minor L. Sp. PI. 90. 1753. 

 Lechea thymifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 77. 1803. 

 Lechea Novae-Caesareae Aust.; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 

 5, 81. 1867. 



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,"-l" 

 long, 2 // -3 // wide, acutish or obtuse, ciliate, the 

 upper smaller than the lower; petioles \" long; 

 leaves of the basal shoots oval or oblong, ob- 

 tuse, 3 // ~5 // long, 2# // -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. i: 77. 1803. 

 Erect, 6'-l8' 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"-o/' long, 1%"-*" wide; leaves of the basal 

 shoots oval or oblong, 2"-4" long, i#"- 

 3" wide, obtuse; petioles about i" long; pani- 

 cle sparsely leafy, its branches spreading or 

 ascending; flowers on slender divergent pedicels 

 !//_ 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, Florida and Tennessee. Ascends to 4200 ft. 

 in North Carolina. July-Aug. 



3. Lechea villdsa Ell. Large or Hairy 

 Pin-weed. (Fig. 2477.) 



Lechea major Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 76. 1803. 



Not L. 1753- 

 Lechea vi/losa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 184. 1817. 



Erect, villous-pubescent with spreading hairs, 

 jo_ 2 ^o high, branching above, leafy. Branches 

 rather stout, ascending; leaves of the stem ob- 

 long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 8 // -i2 // long, 

 3 // -5" wide; petioles #" 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 %" long; flowers more or less secund- 

 scorpioid, close together; outer sepals about 

 equalling the inner; pod depressed -globose, ]/*" 

 in diameter. 



In dry soil, Massachusetts to southern Ontario 

 and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. Petals 

 greenish purple. July-Aug. 



