7292, PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Monniera caroliniana ( Walt.) Kuntze, Rev, Gen, Pl. 2: 468. 1891. 
CAROLINA MONNIERA. 
Obolaria caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car, 166, 1788, 
Monniera amplecicaulis Miehx. Fl. Bor, Am, 2.22. 1808. 
Herpestis amplexicaulis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 418. 1811. 
Ell Sk. 2:104. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 884. Chap. FL 292. Gray, Syn. FlN. A. 2, pt. 1: 
280. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Borders of ponds. Barbour County, Eufaula 
(1H. A. Smith). Flowers blue; August. Rare. 
Type locality: South Carolina, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
MICRANTHEMU™M Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:10. 1803. 
Sixteen species, low herbs, tropical and subtropical America. Atlantic North 
America, 2; low aquatics. 
Micranthemum orbiculatum Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 1:10, ¢..2. 1808, 
EM.Sk.1:17. Chap. FL 295. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. b: 284. Coulter, Contr, Nat, 
Herb, 2:312, 
West INDIES, CENTRAL AMERICA, BRAZIL, PERU. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and western Texas, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Muddy banks, shallow ponds. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers white; May to October. Common; creeping in dense tufts. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in udis opacisque sylvaruin Carolinae et Georgiae,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Micranthemum orbiculatum emarginatum (Fll.) Mohr, Bull. Torr. Club, 24: 26. 
1897, 
Micranthemum emarginatum Ell, Sk. 1:18. 1816. 
Louisianian area, Georgia, Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Gently-flowing brooklets. Baldwin County, Daphne. 
Not frequent. Perennial. 
The orbiculate leaves from + tv over 4 inch wide, slightly emarginate, the 3 basal 
nerves more prominent. Flowers closely sessile, smaller than in the type. Stems 
6 to 8 inches long, floating in clear brooklets. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in ditches and wet places—Vall’ Ombrosa, Great Ogeechee, 
In the upper country, common.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ILYSANTHES Raf. Ann. Nat. 13. 1820. 
Ten species, annuals, warmer regions of the globe. Atlantic North America, 5, 
chiefly Southern. 
Tlysanthes gratioloides (L.) Benth. in DC. Prodr.10:419, 1846. 
HEDGE-UYSSOP-LIKE TLYSANTHES, 
Capraria gratioloides 14, 8p. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 876, 1708. 
Gratiola anagallidea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:5. 18038. 
Tlysanthes riparia Raf. Ann. Nat. 13. 1820, 
Lindernia dilatata Muhl, Cat. 59, 1813. 
Ell. Sk. 1:16. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 385. Chap. Fl. 204. Gray, Syn. FI N.A. 2, pt. 1: 
283. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 311. 
SouTin AMERICA, EASTERN ASIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario, and Minnesota to 
Oreyon and the Sierra Nevada; throughout the States east of the Mississippi River. 
ALABAMA: From the Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Muddy borders of 
streams, exposed muddy banks. Flowers white; June to September. Abundant. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginiae aquosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Tlysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) J. K. Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23:297, 1896, 
Lindernia attenuata Muhl. Cat. 59, 1813. 
CGratiola attenuata Spreng. Syst. 1:39. 1824. 
By later authors confounded with the last. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Wisconsin, Missouri, south to 
Georgia, 
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