CISTACE.E IIYPERICACE.K. 33 



ee 1 • , ' ' late, acute, liniry, pale Ix^neaili, inamins rev- 



olt!' . or solitary, tenniiml, laryc ; of the braiiclios 



..with very small or no petals. PttaU eroscly 

 ill of the sepals. 

 Veilow. 2^ May— June. In dry soils. Middle Geo. & Car. 6-18 in. 



2 jf f v'T-M. >Vrffi hrnnching, covered with stellular ptibei*ccnce. 



Learrs ()laie, cnnescent beneath. Flou^rs in terminal, coryni- 



bo.- -• twice the leni^ih of the oaly.x ; secondary Howers mostly 



ajx -^ > villous, the two exterior lonfj and linear. 



\t » 4- -April^.May. Dry soils on the coast olCar. & Geo. 10-15 in. 



J. H- LABOLi.viANf.M. »S/<7/j ercct, hirsute, generally purple. i>fit*» near- 

 ly sessile olvjvaie, sli:,'htly denticulate, villous when youni.', crowded near 

 ^ '■' of the stem, sometimes nearly orbicular. i^/oMvrs near the summit 

 '■m. few, lari:e. Si-jHih, the two exterior linear, expanding ; the three 

 er, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. iV/<//.'« twice as long as the ca- 

 ^ ns numerous, unequal. .SetY/.f numerous. 

 YcUow. 1\.. May — June. Dry soils, Geo. ti, Car. 6-12 inches. 



/^eriuirks. — TItis is a beautiful cenus of rtowerini: jilant!?, of which Europe pr*duces 

 morf' tlun 40 species, \vl\ilo .North .\iiiorica provinces (inly 5. ^^ e know nut, that our 

 ctious species are cuiiivateil but well deserve it, bcyoiul thai of ir.auy iinjxjrteii 

 ■J. 



Genus II. LECHEA. 



'^cpaJs 5. the two exterior narrow and bract like. Petals 3. 

 minute, lanceolate. Stamens 3-12. Stigmas 3, on siiort, 

 somewliat unilcti stjjlc, fiinbriato. Capsule 3-valvcd, appar- 

 ently 3-celled, with roundish placenta?, nearly as broad as tlio 

 valves, about 2-seed(;d. Perennial herbs. 



1. T.. Mator Sirm herbaeeon«, branching, scabrous, young branches, 



r > ovate lanceolate, those on the radi- 

 .learly round on the stem, alternate. 

 . With .siiort pedic Is Capsule somewhat 3 sided, 

 ..,.- .- 1 - -- -i'.e, obtuse. j4/i//jrrs bi-locular, pmk. 



White. %. July— Aug. Sandy soils, common. 1-2 ft. 



2. L. Mi.voR. <S^' .' ' .pubescent; radical branches, if any. 

 hairy, /xir*-.* liiir n id, or occasiunaliy nearly vcrticillat 

 Floicers \n • , wah oppressed pedicels. 



Var. Ra' ' much branched near the summit, with seldom 



anv radical branches. lydves small, narrow. 



Var. TuRNEiFOLTA. .sVe//i decumbent and assurgcnf, very much branched, 

 aomewliat hair)'. Leaves subulate, linear. F/«uws solitary, at the extremi- 

 ties of the branches'. 



White. %. Sandy soils, in middle Car. 6-18 inches. 



3. L. Tir N'fm friitescent, decumbent at the base, much branch- 

 ed ah "'vr, t )Us. Ia'uvcs linear, acute, numerous, those of i he pro- 

 branches small, imbricate, elipiicul. Floicers 2-6 at the ex« 



* i- Ijranches, in leafv panicles, c^o/'/i tomentose. 



White. %. Sandy soils. May— Aug. 10-15 in. 



Order XIX. IIYPER1C.\CE^.. 



Sepals 4-5, cohcrin:: at the ba-^o, or distinct, persistent, un- 

 equal, n>;tivation imbricate. Petals hypof^ynous, as many 

 as the sepals, veins oblique, with a twisted aestivation. Stamens 

 vnous, usually very numerous, polydelphous, usually in 

 iiiiv.. jiarcels. Anthers versatile introrse. Ovary composed 



