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I have always found it growing among low bushes, such as Vaccinia, 
Gaylussacia, Pirus Arbutifolia, etc., but not in open ground, 
comparatively free from other growths. The stem is quite smooth 
below, slender, single, or sometimes with one or two additional 
ones from the same root, few leaved; branches loose and spread- 
ing, radical shoots few, rather long and ascending; flowers few 
and more scattered than in the following variety, which has a 
noticeably different appearance. It is pronounced by Mr. Leggett, 
who has made a special study of the genus Lechea, the typical 
form described by Lamarch; imperfect specimens of which, 
indicating the same form, he had seen from the woody regions of 
Canada. 
-p 99. L. minor, Lam.,var. Stricta, (. Leggett in Herb.) 
The most common form. August — October. (B. P.) 
Frequently met with in open sandy ground, especially near the 
border of woods, from Evan ston, south and east, through the 
sandy region. Stems quite stout, often in clusters of 2 to 6 from 
the same root, densely leaved and branched ; branches ascending 
or appressed, a little heavy, as well as the leaves, with a fine, close 
pubescence; shoots at the base of the stem, abundant, usually 
shorter than in the type, and forming a dense rosette, in late 
autumn. Flowers and fruit very abundant and closely clustered. 
100. L. maritima, Leggett. 
L. thymifolia , Ph., and Manual, 5th Ed. (Fide W. El. Leggett.) 
7 s 
L. minor , L., var. maritima , Gray. 
Rare, Pine Station, Ind., August 12th, 1887, W. K. Higley. 
Sandy, open ground, a single specimen without radical shoots, but 
agreeing in all essential points, as far as present, with specimens 
from the Coast States. 
It may be looked for northward along the shore of the lake, as im- 
mature specimens of Lechea from Milwaukee are suspected to be 
of this species, and also from Buffalo, N. Y. (B. P.) 
Note.— -In gathering Lechese, specimens of Numbers 97, 98 and 99 should be 
obtained late in the season as well as when in flower. In case of L. minor and 
its variety, they are best just before the cold of winter sets in. The radical 
shoots, so characteristic of the different species, are then fully developed. These, 
except in L. major and partially so in L. thymifolia, have disappeared before 
the flowers of the following year appear, and only occur at the time of fruiting 
or later. 
As two species of Lechea thought to be peculiar to the Atlantic Coast 
regions have now been found here, others may be sought for, particularly 
L. racemolosa, Michx., which grows in similar situations, and it would be well 
for local collectors to carefully note all forms, as the genus is a difficult one, and 
