866 



Phrymaceae 



Dianthera 



"50 



Map 1893 

 Ruellia carolmiensis 

 var. parviflora (Nees) Blake 



50 



Map 1894 



Ruellia strepens L. 



50 



Map 1895 



Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh) Kuntze 



2a. Ruellia strepens f. cleistantha (Gray) McCoy. There are speci- 

 mens of this form from Adams, Carroll, Dubois, Gibson, Harrison, Madi- 

 son, Marion, Putnam, Perry, Spencer, Sullivan, and Warrick Counties. 

 McCoy has shown that this form is only the autumnal phase of the 

 species. (Amer. Botanist 43: 22-24. 1937.) 



8031. DIAPEDIUM Konig 



1. Diapedium brachiatum (Pursh) Ktze.* Map 1895. Common at the 

 base of a wooded slope and the adjoining alluvial bottoms along Little 

 Pigeon Creek on the farm of Nathan Taylor about a half mile west of 

 Yankeetown in Warrick County. This is the only known station in Indiana. 



N. C. to Fla., Mo., Kans., and Tex. 



8094. DIANTHERA [Gronov.fL. Water Willow 



1. Dianthera americana L. Dense-flowered Water Willow. Map 

 1896. This species grows in dense colonies on the muddy shores of streams 

 and on muddy bars in streams and rarely on the low border of lakes. It is 

 local to frequent in the counties indicated on the map. It appears to be 

 absent or rare in the extreme northern part and rare in the southwestern 

 part of the state. 



Que., Ont. to Wis., southw. to Ga. and Tex. 



268. PHRYMACEAE Schauer Lopseed Family 



8115. PHRYMA L. Lopseed 



1. Phryma Leptostachya L. LOPSEED. Map 1897. This plant prefers 

 beech and sugar maple woods and is less frequent in black and white oak 

 woods. Infrequent to frequent in woodland with deep leaf mold. Found 

 throughout the state although there are no records for the area near Lake 

 Michigan. 



N. B. to Man., southw. to Fla. and Kans. ; found also in e. Asia. 



* The name of this plant now becomes Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng. 



