LECIIEA* 
iriiicfonate, upper leaves alternate lanceolate : 
racemes foliose, pedicels shorter, ext. sepals 
very long, capsules ovatoblong— New York and 
Ohio, often mistaken for L. villosa , pedal, es- 
tival, sepals linear and ovate. 
21. L. sessiliflora Raf. adpressed pilose, 
branches diffuse virgate, leaves scattered, 
spreading, petiolate, linear ciliate acute ; flow- 
ers axillary subspicate or glomerate sessile, ext. 
sepals linear not much longer, internal lanceo- 
late. In Florida and Alabama, near to L. 
paucijlora , main difference leaves petiolate ci- 
liate acute. Near also to L. floridana , but 
flowers sessile. 
It would have been difficult to designate 
which of these plants may have been seen and 
blended with those of Michaux by our Botanists 
since Torrey, Beck, Nuttal, Pursh, Eaton, El- 
liot &c seldom describe those they have seen, 
and never noticed the peculiar characters of 
the calix, capsules and seeds, on which I have 
chiefly based my subgenera and species ; most 
of which are very distinct, and not likely to be 
overlooked again, if my characters are duly at- 
tended to, and even more sp. may be detected. 
As to L. verticillata of the East Indies, it is 
probably a peculiar Genus, being stated to have 
the habit of Spermcicoce, with opposite leaves 
elliptic serrulate, smooth above, rough beneath, 
and the flowers verticillate. Is it a Rubiacea 
with adherent ovary ? 
The L. chinensis of Loureiro is still more 
widely different, being a G ommelineal (of what 
Genus?) according to Smith and Dunah The 
monograph of Smith in Rees cyclop, may be 
consulted, he has exposed the blunders of L. 
and expressed a wish for a better labor like 
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