LECIIEA. 
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The mistakes about these plants have arisen 
from few Botanists seeing their anthesis or full 
bloom, which like many Cistides, only last a few 
hours towards noon: the petals soon after 
wither, and the stamens collapse or are glued 
to the stigma. But the characters now assum- 
ed on the persistent respective length of the ca- 
lix, will always be perspicuous. I have speci- 
mens of all the described species. 
MENANDIiA. 
1. L. pulciiella Raf. quite smooth, stem 
stiff virgate, leaves scattered long linear acute ; 
flowers paniculate and lax in naked racemes, 
bracts none, ext. sepals subulate, internal ovate 
obtuse, petals elliptic obtuse incarnate, capsule 
obovate. — In the Pine barrens of New Jersey, 
probably extending South ; probably the Jh. 
racemulosa of many Botanists, but not Mx. 
which is pubescent with ciliate leaves. It is a 
very pretty sp. when in full bloom in August, 
the calix being red inside, the petals incarnate 
the large stigma white. The erect stiff stem 
produces hundreds of flowers at once, it is 
about one foot high, and only branched above. 
Several varieties I. Minor , only 2 to 4 inches 
high, panicle leafy. 2. Elegans , over a foot 
high, panicle fastigiate. 3. Pyramidalis . 
Branches pyramidal. 
2. L. cinerea Raf. (L. thyinifolia Mx. c) 
adpressed pubescent, cinereous fastigiate, leaves 
scattered narrow linear adpressed; racemes 
paniculate pauciflore subnaked, flowers canes- 
cent outside, sepals lanceolate acute, capsule 
oblong longer.— In Florida and Georgia : deem- 
ed h. racemulosa by Collins, easily known by 
its color, perhaps the real thy mi folia ? 
3* L . ternifolja Raf. (Menandra ram is ter- 
