. 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 . 3. Lechea villosa Ell. Large or Hairy. Pin-weed. Fig. 2916. Fl. Bor. Am. I: 76. 1803. Ga. 1: 184, 1817. Lechea major M Not L. 1753. Lechea villosa Ell. Bot. S. C, Erect, villous-pubescent with spreading hairs, i°-2i° high, branching above, leafy. Branches rather stout, ascending: leaves of the stem ob- long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 8"-i2" long. 3"-5"
. 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 . 3. Lechea villosa Ell. Large or Hairy. Pin-weed. Fig. 2916. Fl. Bor. Am. I: 76. 1803. Ga. 1: 184, 1817. Lechea major M Not L. 1753. Lechea villosa Ell. Bot. S. C, Erect, villous-pubescent with spreading hairs, i°-2i° high, branching above, leafy. Branches rather stout, ascending: leaves of the stem ob- long-elliptic, obtuse, but pointed, 8"-i2" long. 3"-5" wide; petioles V long; leaves of the basal shoots oval or oblong, obtuse, 3"-4"_ long, 2"-3" wide: branches of the panicle ascending, the ulti- mate branchlets often recurved; pedicels i" long; flowers more or less secund-scorpioid, close to- gether: outer sepals about equalling the inner: pod depressed-globose, ¥' in diameter. In dry soil, \-ermont and Massachusetts to southern Ontario and Nebraska, south to Florida, Texas and northern Mexico. Petals greenish purple. July-.\ug. 4. Lechea maritima Leggett. Beach Pin-weed. Fig. 2917. L. maritima Leggett in Britt. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 13, mnor var. maritima A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6. 77. Densely tufted, branching from the base, stout, rigid, 6-15' high, tomentose-canescent with whitish hairs. Primary branches spreading or ascending, numerous; flowering branches slender, stiff, divergent, elongated; leaves of the stem linear or linear-oblong, blunt or acute, 4"-io" long, i"-2" wide; leaves of the basal shoots oblong or ovate-oblong, mainly acute, 3"-4" long, ii"-2" wide, densely canes- cent; pedicels i"-l" long; flowers numerous, clustered; petals reddish; outer sepals shorter than the inner; pod globose, i" in diameter Sands of the seashore and in sandy soil inland, Maine to Virginia and Georgia.
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