. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 5- Lechea tenuifolia !ilichx. Narrow- leaved Pin-weed. Fig. 2918. L. Iciuiifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 77. 1803. Densely tufted, stems erect, slender, 4'-io' high, divaricately branched above, minutely strigose-pubescent. Branches slender, elon- gated : leaves of the stem narrowly linear, or sometimes nearly filiform, 2"-/" long, *" wide or less, acute
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 5- Lechea tenuifolia !ilichx. Narrow- leaved Pin-weed. Fig. 2918. L. Iciuiifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 77. 1803. Densely tufted, stems erect, slender, 4'-io' high, divaricately branched above, minutely strigose-pubescent. Branches slender, elon- gated : leaves of the stem narrowly linear, or sometimes nearly filiform, 2"-/" long, *" wide or less, acute, sessile, or very nearly so; leaves of the basal shoots linear, sessile, 3"-4" long, about 4" wide; pedicels i" long; flowers more or less secund, conspicuously bracted by the upper leaves; outer sepals equalling or exceed- ing the inner; pod globose-oval, i" in diam- eter, or more. In dry open places. New Hampshire to Wiscon- sin. Nebraska, Florida and Texas. Petals red- purple. July-Aug. 6. Lechea Leggettii Britt. & Holl. Leg- gett's Pin-weed. Fig. 2919. L. Leggettii Britt. & Holl. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 6. Erect, rather slender, freely branching, more or less strigose-pubescent, io'-2° high. Branches slender, spreading or ascending; leaves of the stem linear or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 5"-i2" long, i"-i" wide, sessile or nearly so^^ leaves of the basal shoots oblong-linear, 2"-^" long, i" wide, acute ; panicle open, its branches slender and divergent; inflorescence somewhat secund; pedicels i"-l" long; outer sepals nearly equalling the inner; capsule obovoid, \" in diameter. In dry open places. Massachusetts to Indiana, south to North Carolina. Leaves of the basal shoots full-grown in November. Petals brownish purple. July-Aug. Lechea moniliformis Bicknell, from Nantucket Island. differs in a denser and more leafy panicle with flowers more secund. and oblong-obovoid capsules. Lechea
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