

9G TRIAXDUIA TRIGYXIA 



1. M, rr.BTicTLLATA, L. 8tem prostrate, branched; leaves verticil- 

 late, oWanceolate, or obovate-cuneate, rather acute; peduncles 1 -flower- 

 ed, solitary, or subumbellatc. Becky Bot. />. 50. 

 Vkrticillate Mouvoo. Vulgo — Carpet weed. Indian rhiekweed. 



Root annual. Stem branching from the root in all directions, 4 to 8or 12 inches 

 long, appressed to the earth ; Bubdl visions dichotomous. Leaves in vertlcilB of 

 about t>, unequal, varying from oblanceolate and rather acute, to obovate-cuneate, 

 and spatulate, about an inch long, entire, and fi >mowbai fleshy or succulent. l> t - 

 duncles shorter than the leaves, axillary, solitary; or frequently in a kind of ses- 

 illo umbel. Calyx divided aim ^s: fco in i base ; sei m >nts erect, oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse, 3 nerved, with the man lUS anu " inside white. SiamettsZ, or not unfrequently 

 1 SttPmas'3) sub-sessile. Capsitleov >id-obb>ng, trisuh ate, 1 inger than the calyx, 

 a little uneven l>y the prominence < f the enclosed seeds. Seeds numerous, small, 

 subreniform, or cot hleate, j urple, shining, striate on the back with about 8 dark- 

 er purple nerves, or ridg< s. 

 Nab. Cultivated grounds : Gardens, &c. common. Fl. July Sept. JFV. Aug.— Octo. 



Ob8. This is the only known species in the U. Slates. 



66, LECITEA. /,. Nutt. Gen, 120. 

 [Named in honor of John Leche ; a Swedish Botanist.] 



Calyx inferior, 3-sepallcd, with 2 small accessory sepals, or bracts, per- 

 sistent. Petals 3, lance-ovate, inconspicuous. Stamens 3 to 12 (the 

 number mostly ternary). Stigmas 3, scarcely distinct. Capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-valved ; valves nerved, or septiferous in the middle. Seeds 

 I in each cell, oblong, angled at one sidefftcute ut each end. 



Suffraticose rouahish plants; paniculately branched above; leaves alternate or 

 opposite; dowers numerous, small. Ao/. Ord. 134. Liwll Ciniink,*. 



1. L. villoma, FJL Stem erect, hirsute ; branches villous, radical 

 ones prostrate ; leaves lance-oblong, tnucronate, hairy ; panicle leafy, 

 pyramidal; (lowers in fasciculate racemes, somewhat secund, email 

 Beck, Bot. p. 36. 

 L. minor. L. 



L, major. WiUd? Sp. l.p. 495, Mx. Am. l.p. 76. Per*. Syn. Up. 

 112. .lit? Kew. 1. p. 185. Muhl. Catal. p. \5.Pursh, Am. 1. p. 90. 

 Bart. Phil. l.p. 75. Bigel. Host. p. 47. Torr. Fl. 1. p. 160. Ejusd. 

 Comp. p. 74, JJndL Envy, p. 74. Eat. Man. p. 200. Not of Linn. 



Villous Lbchea. 



Root perennial. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, erect, often sending out radical prostrate 

 branches; paniculate above ;youmr branehes villous with long, white, spreading 

 hairs. Leaves on the radical branches opposite, on the stem and panicle alter- 

 nate, elliptic lanceolate, somewhat acute at each end, more or less pilose,— those 

 *nthe stem about an inch long. Panicle leafy, with short axillary subdivisions, 

 •r branches. Plotters small, numerous, in racemose clusters at the ends of the 

 principal and secondary branches. Sepals lance-ovate, keeled ; bracts lance-lia- 

 ear. Petals Hnear-lanceolatfi, about as long as tho sepals, brown, inconspicuous. 

 ■Capsule subflobose. 

 Bab. Woodlands, on the IVIica-slate hills: frequent. Ft. Aug. Fr. Sept. 



06*. We have a plant which associates with this speci« s and seems to bo in- 

 T ermsdiaW between it and L. minor. It Is mors common than L. villoma,— aua is in 



