. 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 . 8. Lechea juniperina Bicknell. Pin-weed. Fig. 2921 Lechea jimipenna Bicknell, Bull. Torr Club 24; 88. 1897. Tufted, 4'-Jo' high, finely hoary to canescent. Branches short, ascending or erect, leafy, ap- pressed, forming a dense narrow panicle; stem- leaves numerous, ascending or appressed, gla- brous, except the midrib and margins, linear- oblong to oblanceolate. 5"-lo&
. 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 . 8. Lechea juniperina Bicknell. Pin-weed. Fig. 2921 Lechea jimipenna Bicknell, Bull. Torr Club 24; 88. 1897. Tufted, 4'-Jo' high, finely hoary to canescent. Branches short, ascending or erect, leafy, ap- pressed, forming a dense narrow panicle; stem- leaves numerous, ascending or appressed, gla- brous, except the midrib and margins, linear- oblong to oblanceolate. 5"-lo" long, i"-2" wide; flowers numerous, crowded; pedicels i"-li ' long; fruiting ovoid-ellipsoid, J" long; inner sepals elliptic, nerveless or faintly 3-nerved, often deep purple, the outer shorter, bright green; leaves of basal shoots oblong or elliptic, 2"-i" long, i"~\" wide. Coast of Nova Scotia to New Hampshire. Aug. Petals brownish red. The basal shoots do not ap- pear until September. g. Lechea stricta Leggett. Bushy or Prairie Pin-weed. Fig. 2922. Lechea stricta Leggett; Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 25'- 1894. Erect, 12-16' high, densely and fastigiately branched, densely strigose-canescent, pale, very bushy. Branches slender, ascending or nearly erect; leaves of the stem linear-oblong, 6"-l2" long, i"-l" wide, acute or bluntish; leaves of the basal shoots linear-oblong, much smaller than those of the stem, 2"-3" long, i" wide or less, acute: pedicels slender, l"-lj" long; outer sepals shorter than or equalling the inner; capsule sub- globose to oval, ¥'-l" in diameter. In open dry places, western New York to Minne- sota, Wisconsin and Nebraska. \ug. Family 90. VIOLACEAE DC. Fl. Franc. 4: 801. 1805. Violet Herbs or shrubs, with alternate or basal f rarely opposite) simple entire lobed or laciniate stipulate leaves, and solitary or clustered flowers. Sepal
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