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Brewer, no. 357; C. C. Parry, no. 338; W. W. Jones, no. 285; J. G. 
Lemmon, no. 338; A. A. Heller, no. 7288; C. R. Orcutt, no. 1343 (M). 
OnkGON: H. S. Prescott, Grants Pass, April 5, 1912; T. Howell, no. 
1252 (M); E. W. Hammond, no. 329 (M). 
6. S. PARVULA Michx. FiG. 2. Erect, simple or branching, 1-3.5 , 
dm. high, usually many-stemmed from a moniliform tuberiferous base, 
pubescent nearly throughout: leaves thin, greenish, oblong-ovate, 
much broader at the base, 0.8 to 2 cm. long, prominently nerved 
beneath; the upper sessile; the lower short-petioled, occasionally with 
few coarse teeth: flowers solitary in the upper axils: corolla 0.7-1 
cm. long, blue; the lower lip longer and flaring: calyx with upper 
lip commonly purple: nutlets papillose with tubercles, banded, 
showing close relation with S. nervosa.—Fl. ii. 11 (1803). S. campestris 
Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, v. 283 (1894). S. parvula, var. mollis 
Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. 380 (1878), in part.—On richer soils of the Great 
Lake region and the Mississippi valley, Quebec and Ontario south- 
ward to Georgia and Texas. The following are characteristic. QuE- 
BEC: W. F. Macrae, “in river St. Lawrence opposite Montreal" (M); 
A. S. Pease, no. 12940; Mrs. Shepard. ONTARIO: J. Macoun, Pelee 
Point, Lake Erie, August 6, 1901. MICHIGAN: ex. Herb. E. F. Smith, 
Ionia, 1877. Vermont: L. R. Jones & W. W. Eggleston, Burlington, 
July 12, 1894. New York: A. Wood, Dexter. Onto: E. L. Moseley, 
Marblehead, May 25, 1895. IrrtNois: H. M. Smith, no. 5924; A. 
S. Pease, no. 12555; J. M. Greenman, no. 2614 (M). TENNESSEE: 
E. J. Palmer, no. 17333 (M); S. M. Bain, no. 38. VIRGINIA: J. Q. A. 
Fritchey, Richmond, August 28, 1888. GEonarA: T. J. Wray, Augusta 
(P); S. Boykin (P). Missouri: 0. E. Lansing, no. 3033; J. Davis, no. 
3434 (M); E. J. Palmer, no. 5632 (M). Texas: E. J. Palmer, no. 
5034 (M); J. Reverchon, no. 3245 (M). Lourstana: E. J. Palmer, no. 
7217 (M). OKLAHoMA: E. J. Palmer, no. 5956 (M); H. W. Houghton, 
no. 358214. Arkansas: B. F. Bush, no. 1435 (M). 
Var. AMBIGUA (Nutt.) Fernald. Similar to above but slightly 
more rigid in aspect; stem and under surface of leaves usually pur- 
plish, glabrous or with very slight appressed puberulence; the upper 
surface of the leaves sometimes with spreading hairs; the leaves nar- 
rower and rarely toothed.—Ruopora iii. 201 (1901). S. ambigua 
Nutt. Gen. ii. 37 (1818). S. parvula, authors.—In drier habitats, 
Maine to Minnesota and southward to Texas and westward to 
Nebraska. The following are characteristic. Marne: M. L. Fernald, 
no. 466; J. C. Parlin, no. 305. Connecticut: G. Thurber, East 
Haven, 1855; E. B. Harger, no. 6411 (P). PENNSYLVANIA: W. F. 
Detwiller, Mercersburg, May 19, 1845 (P); S. D. Ingram, Harrisburg 
(P). New Jersey: P. Dowell, no. 6027. DELAWARE: W. M. Canby, 
Rehoboth, July, 1878 (P). Inprana: A. H. Young, Lafayette, June, 
1879 (P). TENNESSEE: A. Ruth, Knoxville, June, 1897 (P). IrrtNors: 
S. B. Mead, Augusta, 1845 (P); H. N. Patterson, Oquawka, August, 
1873; H. A. Gleason, Rantoul, July 5, 1907. Missourt: B. F. Bush 
no. 336; O. E. Lansing, no. 2977. LovistANA: J. Hale, Alexandria 
