. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CISTACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Woolly Hudsonia. False Heather. Fig. 2913. Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 5. 1818. H. tomentosa intermedia Peck, Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 45 ; 86. 1893. Densely tufted and intricately branched, mat- ted, hoary-pubescent, pale, 4'-8' high; branches stout, ascending. Leaves about i" long, oval or oblong, densely
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. CISTACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Woolly Hudsonia. False Heather. Fig. 2913. Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 5. 1818. H. tomentosa intermedia Peck, Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 45 ; 86. 1893. Densely tufted and intricately branched, mat- ted, hoary-pubescent, pale, 4'-8' high; branches stout, ascending. Leaves about i" long, oval or oblong, densely imbricated and appressed; flow- ers sessile, or on rather stout pedicels less than 3" long, numerous, slightly smaller than those of the preceding species; sepals obtuse; stamens 9-18; capsules ovoid, glabrous, usually i-seeded. In sands of the seashore and in pine-barrens, New Brunswick to Virginia, and on sand hills and lake and river shores west to Mackenzie, Manitoba, North Dakota and Wisconsin. May-July. Poverty-or bear- grass. Dog's-dinner. Poverty-plant. Heath. Ground- moss or -cedar. Beach-heather. 3. LECHEA Kalm; L. Sp. PI. 90. 1753. Perennial branching herbs, often woody at the base, with small entire leaves and minute panicled greenish or purplish flowers. Sepals 5, the 2 outer smaller and narrower. Petals 3, ovate to linear, inconspicuous, persistent. Stamens 3-12. Stigmas 3, nearly sessile, laciniate, prominent when the plant is in flower. Capsule 3-vaIved, 3-celled, or by obliteration of the dissepiments i-celled, about 6-seeded. Embryo curved or spiral. [Named for Johan Leche, a Swedish botanist, died 1764.] A genus of about 14 species, 11 of them natives of eastern North America, i Texan, i Cuban and I Mexisan. Type species : Lechca minor L. Species indiscriminately known as Pin-weeds. The characteristic basal shoots appear late in the season. Leaves of the basal shoots oblong or ovate, not more than 3 times as long as broad. Outer sepals longer than the i
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