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3. Gratiola neglecta Torr. 



Ch-atiola neglecta Torr., Cat. PI. N. Y. 89. 1819. "Within thirty miles of 

 the City of New York." Probable tyije seen in Herb, of Columbia 

 University at the New York Botanical Garden. For discussion see 

 Torreya 19: 146. 1919. 



Corolla wdth tube greenish-yellow, the lobes white, at times 

 pinkish. Flowering from April to June, and soon ripening fruit. 



Wet loam, frequently sandy, usually in deciduous woodland, 

 through the Coastal Plain of Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas ; 

 more common in the upland of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. 

 Ranges across the continent northward. 



Arkansas. Jefferson: Jefferson Springs, Pennell 10673 (Y), 10674 

 (A, C, H, K, L, M, U, Y). Pope: Russellville, Pennell 10624 (M, 

 Y). Pulaski: Little Rock, Hasse (Y). 



Oklahoma. Rogers: Verdigris, Bush 410 (U). 



Louisiana. Rapides: Alexandria, Hale (L). St. Landry: Ville 

 Platte, Langlois (Y). 



Texas. Bowie: Dalby, Milligan (U). Harris: Hockley, Thuron 

 (U). Liberty: Dolen, Young (T). 



4. Gratiola gracilis Benth. 



Gratiola gracilisBenth., in DC. Prod. 10: 402. 1846. " In Texas prope Harris- 

 burgh (Drummond! Coll. 3. n. 284) . . . (v. s.)". Type not verified, 

 and my search for the plant at Harrisburgh in May, 1920, failed. 



Gratiola torreyi Small, Fl. S. E. Un. St. 1066, 1338. 1903. "Type, Wright 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., in Herb. C. U." Type collected on the " Colorado 

 and Blanco Rivers, Texas," seen in the Herbarium of Columbia Uni- 

 versity at the New York Botanical Garden. Plant smaller and leaves 

 narrower than described for G. gracilis. Although described as " corolla 

 golden-yellow," the lobes as shown in the type were clearly white. 



Apparently in the Coastal Plain of middle coastal Texas, ex- 

 tending to the base of, or entering along streams, the hills of the 

 Edwards Plateau of central Texas, Little-known. 



5. Gratiola flava Leavenworth, nom. nov. 



Gratiola pusilla Torr.; Benth. in DC. Prod. 10:402. 1846. "In campis 

 humidis Texas! Arkansas! ... (v. s. comm. a cl. A. Gray.)" Prob- 

 ably based on collections of Dr. Leavenworth. Not G. pusilla Willd., Sp. 

 PI. 1:105. 1797. 



The name "Gratiola flava" occurs with a specimen of Dr. Leaven- 

 worth's, labeled as from "prairies near the Sabine River, Texas," 

 and which is in the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia. Very probably this is an isotype of G. pusilla 

 Torr., as specimens of the same collection are in the Herbarium of 

 Columbia University. 



Sandy prairies in and near the pinelands of southern Arkansas, 



