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CISTACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



5. Lechea tenuifolia Michx. Narrow- 

 leaved Pin-weed. Fig. 2918. 



L. tenuifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 77. 1803. 



Densely tufted, stems erect, slender, 4'-lo' 

 high, divaricately branched above, minutely 

 strigose-pubescent. Branches slender, elon- 

 gated; leaves of the stem narrowly linear, or 

 sometimes nearly filiform, 2"-y" long, i" wide 

 or less, acute, sessile, or very nearly so; leaves 

 of the basal shoots linear, sessile, 3"-4" long, 

 about V wide; pedicels i" long; flowers more 

 or less secund, conspicuously bracted by the 

 upper leaves; outer sepals equalling or exceed- 

 ing the inner; pod globose-oval, ¥' in diam- 

 eter, or more. 



In dry open places, New Hampshire to Wiscon- 

 sin, Nebraska, Florida and Texas. Petals red- 

 purple. July-Aug. 



6. Lechea Leggettii Britt. & Holl. Leg- 

 gett's Pin-weed. Fig. 2919. 



L. Leggettii Britt. & Holl. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 6. 



1888. 



Erect, rather slender, freely branching, more 

 or less strigose-pubescent, io'-2° high. Branches 

 slender, spreading or ascending ; leaves of the 

 stem linear or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 

 5"-i2" long, i"-i" wide, sessile or nearly so; 

 leaves of the basal shoots oblong-linear, 2"-3" 

 long, J" wide, acute ; panicle open, its branches 

 slender and divergent; inflorescence somewhat 

 secund; pedicels i"-i" long; outer sepals 

 nearly equalling the inner; capsule obovoid, 

 V in diameter. 



In dry open places, Massachusetts to Indiana, 

 south to North Carolina. Leaves of the basal 

 shoots full-grown in November. Petals brownish 

 purple. July-Aug. 



Lechea moniliformis Bicknell, from Nantucket 

 Island, Mass., differs in a denser and more leafy 

 panicle with flowers more secund, and oblong- obovoid capsules 



Lechea Torreyi Leggett, a related 



pilose species of the Southeastern States, is erroneously 

 " recorded from southern Virginia. 



7. Lechea intermedia Leggett. Large- 

 podded Pin-weed. Fig. 2920. 



Lechea intermedia Leggett ; Britton, Bull. Torr. 

 Club 21 ; 252. 1894, 



Erect, 8'-24' high, branching above, spar- 

 ingly strigose-pubescent. Branches erect or 

 ascending, short, slender; leaves of the stem 

 oblong-linear, 6"-i4" long, i"-2i" wide, acute, 

 nearly sessile, leaves of the basal shoots ob- 

 long-linear, shorter than those of the stem, 

 4"-S" long, i" 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 l" in diameter. 



In dry open places, especially in hilly or moun- 

 tainous regions, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to 

 Nova Scotia, northern New York, Ontario, Wis- 

 consin and Michigan. Leaves of the basal shoots 

 full-grown in October or November. Petals 

 brownish purple. July-Aug. 



