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8. Lechea juniperina Bicknell. 



Lechea juniperina Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 



24: 88. 1897. 



Tufted, 4'-2o' 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 oblanceolatc, $"-\c/ f long, 

 I "-a" wide; flowers numerous, crowded; pedi- 

 cels W~\%" long; fruiting calyx ovoid- 

 ellipsoid, %" long; inner sepals elliptic, 

 nerveless or faintly 3-nerved, often deep pur- 

 ple, the outer shorter, bright green; leaves of 

 basal shoots oblong or elliptic, 2"-3" long, 

 #'-i" wide. 



Coast of Maine. Aug. Petals brownish red. 

 The basal shoots do not appear until September. 



7. Lechea intermedia 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"-i4" long, i"-2j4" wide, 

 acute, nearly sessile, leaves of the basal 

 shoots oblong-linear, shorter than those of 

 the stem, 4 // -5 // long, y^ tf wide, somewhat 

 larger than those of L. Leggettii; pedicels 

 i // -2 // long, slender; outer sepals about 

 equalling the inner; capsule subglobose or 

 depressed-globose, about i" 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- 

 rio. Root-leaves full-grown in October or No- 

 vember. Petals brownish purple. July-Aug. 



Maine Pin-weed. (Fig. 2482.) 



9. Lechea stricta Leggett. Bushy or 

 Prairie Pin-weed. (Fig. 2483.) 



Lechea stricta Leggett; Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 

 21 : 251. 1894. 



Erect, i2 / -i6 / high, densely and fastigiately 

 branched, densely strigose-canescent, pale, very 

 bushy. Branches slender, ascending or nearly 

 erect; leaves of the stem linear-oblong, 6 // -i2 // 

 long, yS'-i" wide, acute or bluntish; leaves of 

 the basal shoots linear- oblong, much smaller 

 than those of the stem, 2 // -3 // long, fa" wide or 

 less, acute; pedicels slender, \"-\W long; 

 outer sepals shorter than or equalling the inner; 

 capsule subglobose to oval, fa" in diameter. 



In open dry places, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa. 

 July-Aug. 



