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MONOGRAPH OP LECHEA. 
mine on this Genus, having only 6 sp. of it, and 
Dunal in Decandole 1824 has no more, he chie- 
fly copies Elliot. We lack good figures of 
these plants, that with our Hudsonias chiefly 
represent the Cistian tribe in N. America. 
If ever this G. must be again illustrated, let 
the monographer copy the original descriptions 
of all the Authors, and compare them. Mine 
are all original and chiefly out of living speci- 
mens. 
The L. minor of Smith had sub corymbose 
flowers and carinate calix, being probably my 
L. heterophyla. That of Pursh and Dunal 
can hardly be identified by me : that erroneous 
name must be omitted. The L. major of 
Bigelow is Anthelis rosmar ini folia, in Decan- 
dole who makes a Subgenus Lecheoides of all 
our Americaan Anthelis , see my monographs 
of Hndsonia and Anthelis. (Helianthemum.) 
hechea was dedicated to Prof. Leche of Abo 
by Linneus, it must be pronounced L ekea and 
perhaps spelt so. Menandra of Gronovius 
might have been adopted instead, although the 
meaning moon stamens does not properly 
apply. 
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