spicuously exserted and distinct; stamens 25 to 30; capsule villous, generally
3-seeded, 3 times the size of the other : valves ovate, partly septife-
rous ; seeds granulate, somewhat angular. b .—Native of the summit of the
highest mountains of North Carolina, abundant on the romantic summit of
the Table-rock, a singularly elevated and isolated portion of the Catawba
ridge. Nuttall. — Flowers as in all the species yellow.
3. H. australis (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 452.) Smoothish, erect; leaves linearly
lanceolate, underneath clothed with scattered spreading hairs ; flowers
terminal, solitary, peduncled, calyx taper-pointed, somewhat hairy. I?.
—Native of Monte Video. Sello.
LECHEA. Calyx 3-sepalus bracteis sepalisve exter. duobus exterio-
ribus stipatus. Petala 3, lanceolata. Stamina 3-12, ssepihs numero terna-
ria. Ovarium 1 sub-trigonum. Stigmata 3, vix distincta. Capsula 3-valvis
medio septi aut nerviferis; semina septo nervove adfixa paucissima saepius 8;
albumen carnosum. Embryo dorsalis rectiusculus, radicuht inferfi: cotyle-
donibus ovato-oblongis.—Herb® (Boreali-American®) incomptce ; tloribus
numerosis parvis; ramisinfimis ajloriferis seepe diversis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 285.
1. L. villosd (Elliott sketch. 184.) All over hairy ; leaves oblongly lanceolate,
mucronate ; panicle pyramidal, leafy : branches flowering at the
points ; flowers crowded in a sort of raceme, facing all to one side, on short
flower-stalks, y .—Native of North America, from Canadato Florida. L. major.
Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 90. non Linn.—L. minor. Lin.—Lam. ill. t.52. f. 2.
£ ? mucrondta (Raf. prec. 37.) Hairy; stem erect, simple ; raceme compound
; flowers bracteolate.4 ,—Native of woods, in New Jersey.
2. L. minor (Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 91.) Smoothish, leaves linearly lanceolate,
acute; panicle leafy; branches elongated, all over covered with
flowers; flowers on short flower-stalks; stem assurgent. 4 .—Native of hills
from Canada to Pensylvania.—Lam. ill. t. 52. f. 1.
3. L. racemulosa (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with
close-pressed pubescence; leaves linear, acute, fringed; panicle slender,
very much branched, pyramidal; racemes naked ; flowers small, alternate,
pedicelled; stem erect.4 .—Native of New Jersey to Carolina. Pursh fl.
amer. 1. p. 91.»— Gaura Lam. ill. t. 281. f. 3.
4. L. thymifolia (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with
close-pressed white woolly down ; leaves linear, acute ; panicle leafy, elongated
: branches short; flowers in close clusters, lateral and terminal;
flower-stalks very short; flowers small, clothed with white wool; stem upright.^.—
Native of woods from Virginia to Carolina.— Lower branches
creeping,similar to Thymus Serpyllum, from Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p.91.
5. L. tenuifdlia (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) Covered all over with
scattered hairs; leaves very narrow; panicle spreading, somewhat naked :
branches alternate; flower-stalks elongated, spreading; stem erect. 4 •
Native of dry gravelly hills from Virginia to Georgia. Pursh. — Leaves on
the lower branches linear.
6? L. verticilldta (Willd. spec. 1. p. 495.) Stem bristly; leaves oblongly
ovate, serrulate; flowers whorled.4. — Native of the East Indies.
H abit of Spermacoce.—Most probably not belonging to this genus, or natural
order.