POLYPETALOUS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 1G5 



II. Carolinianum, Michx. Hirsute; leaves lanceolate, 

 deiiLiculate, acute, short-petioled, the lowest obovate, crowd- 

 ed; flowers large, solitary, borne above the axils. Dry, 

 sandy soil. March and April. Stem r>'-12' high, ascend- 

 ing from a shrubby base. Flowers 1' wide. 



H. POLIFOLIUM ; primary or petaliferous/o^^er^, small, 

 terminating the slender stem and numerous short branches 

 on filiform peduncles many times larger than the flower. 

 The broadly cuneiform petals exceeding the calyx. Se- 

 condary flowers very small, apetalous, 3-6-androus, clus- 

 tered in lateral cymules on the floriferous branches.— 

 Drummond, 



LECHEA, L. 



Petals 3, persistent, not longer than the sepals. Sta- 

 meiis 3-12. Stigmas 3, sessile, plumose. Capsule globose, 

 3-valved, incompletely 3-celled, 6-seeded. Emhryo slightly 

 curved. Perennial herhs, with small greenish flowers in 

 racemes or panicles. 



L. MAJOR. Michx. Villous; leaves alternate, opposite, 

 or whorled, elliptical, those on the prostrate radical 

 branches roundish; flowers on short pedicels, densely 

 crowded in short simple o\: compound axillary racemes. 

 July, August. Stem 2° high, branching toward the sum- 

 mit. Capsule as large as a pin's head. 



L. MINOR, Lam. Rough, with appressed scattered 

 hairs ; the young branches and calyx more or less hoary ; 

 stems pauiculately branched above; leaves scattered, linear; 

 flowers loosely racemose on distinct, often appressed pedi- 

 cels. Stems ■|-°-2° high. Capsule larger than in L. minor. 

 Radical hranches often wanting. 



L. Drummondi. Decumbent and much branched at 

 the base, slightly pubescent; leaves linear-subulate, scat- 

 tered; racemes filiform, terminating the numerous branch- 

 es, loosely flowered ; floiuers unilateral on capillary spread- 



