Gratiola SCROPHULARIACEAE Lindernia 



G. virginiana L. {G. sphaerocarpa Ell. of manuals.) 



Common in wet places on the Coastal Plain, throughout our 

 area. Early May to mid-Oct. 



Var. aestuariorum Pennell. 



"A tidal extreme, . . . known only from the Wicomico 

 River": Salisbury, Wherry & Pennell, 12845, 3 Sept. 1925 (A). 



Tragiola Small & Pennell. 



T. pilosa (Mx.) Small & Pennell. {Gratiola pilosa Mx.) 



Frequent; wet meadows, river shores and dry pinelands, from 

 Caroline and Sussex Counties to Cape Charles. Aug., early Sept. 



Limosella L. Mudwort. 



L. subulata Ives. (L. aquatica L. var. tenuifolia (Wolf) Pers.) 



Rare, in tidal mud: shore of Delaware River, Bellevue (NC), 

 Commons, 1 Oct. 1873 (A) ; shore of North East River, Charlestown 

 (Ce), Long, 57098, 20 July 1941, in fruit (A). July to Oct. 



Hemianthus Nutt. (Micranthemum Mx.) 

 H. micranthemoides Nutt. 



Infrequent, on sandy or muddy shores of rivers, between tides, 

 in New Castle, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico 

 Counties. Aug. to Oct. 



Lindernia Allioni. (Ilysanthes Raf.) 

 . L. dubia (L.) Pennell. (/. dubia (L.) Barnhart.) 



Frequent in wet ground, throughout our range, especially on the 

 Coastal Plain. July to Sept. 



Var. inundata Pennell. 



Rare, in tidal mud: shore of Delaware River, Holly Oak 

 (NC), Commons, 28 July 1898 (A); south of Sahsbury (Wi), 

 Wherry & Pennell, 12852, 3 Sept. 1925 (A); Long Creek, 1 mi. 

 n. of Chesapeake City (Ce), Long, 42267, 7 Oct. 1933 (A); 

 Wicomico River at Shad Point, below Salisbury, R. R. Tatnall, 

 3963, 8 Sept. 1938 (T). 



L. anagallidea (Mx.) Pennell. (/. anagallidea (Mx.) Robinson.) 



Frequent, in wet sand or mud, from the Fall Line southward to 

 Cape Charles. July to Sept. 



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