FIGWOET FAMILY. 721 



CONOBEA Aubl. Pl.Guian.2:G39, t..?JS. 1775. 



Seven species, tropical America. 



Conobea multifida (Michx.) Beiith. in DC. Prodr. 10 : 391. 1846. 



CuTLKAi' Conobea. 



Capraria multifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 22. 1803. 



Gray, Man. cd.'e, 383. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 636 ; ed. 3. 311. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 • 

 279. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. 



Carolinian and Loiiisianian areas. Ohio to Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. 

 Adventive on ballast at New York and Philadelphia. 



Alabama: Coast region. Adventive on ballast from the west. Mobile County. 

 Flowers June, July ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in ripis areuosis lluminum aniniciilorum([ue, in Teuuassee et 

 lllinoensi regione." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MONNIERA P. Br. Hist. Jam. 269, t. 2S,f. .?. 1755. 



( Bacopa Aubl. PI. Guiau. 1 : 128, t. 40. 1775. ) 

 (Herpestis Gaert. Fruct. 3 : 186, t. 214,/. 6. 1805.) 



About 60 species, perennial herbs, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemi- 

 8i)heres. Asia. Chiefly American. North America, 6. 



Monniera acuminata (Walt.) Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PL 2 :463. 1891. 



Blackening Hedge Hyssop. 



Gratiola acuminaia Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 



Herpestis nigrescena Benth. Com]t. Bot. Mag. 2 : 56. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1:15. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 383. Chap. Fl. 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 280, 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Maryland, ahmg the coast to North Carolina 

 and Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Low damp places, thickets, and pas- 

 tures. Morgan County, Falkville, covering low abandoned fields. Tuscaloosa, 

 Montgomery, Clarke, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Frequent; 1 to 1} feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monniera chamaedryoides peduncularis (Benth.). 



Peduncleu Gekmandek-like Hedge Hyssop. 



Herpestis peduncularis Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2 : 56. 1836. 



H. chamaedryoides \ &y. peduncularin Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 280. 1878. 



Chap. Fl. 291. Gray, 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 310. 



Northehn Mexico? 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 



Alabama : Upper Division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low waste places, bor- 

 ders of ditches. Clarke County, Suggsville {Dr. Jicuni/). Molnle County. Flowers 

 yellow; April, May. Not freciuent. Low, diffusely branching. 



Type locality: "Texas on the Rio Brazos, iJrummond." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monniera monniera (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 292. 1894. 



Creei'Ing Monniera. 



Gratiola monniera L. Cent. PI. 2 : 1756. (Amoen. Acad. 4 : 307.) 



i/oHM(e/-a c«»/e(7'oiia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.2 :22. 1803. 



Herpestis monniera H. B. K. Nov. Gen. »t Sp. 2 : 366. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 103. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 384. Chap. Fl. 292. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1; 

 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 430. 



Cosmopolitan on Tropical and Suptropical Coasts. 



Louisianian area. Maryland (Gray), coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to 

 Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain and Littoral region. Margin of tide-water swamps, fresh 

 and brackish, to the seashore. Flowers pale blue; May to October. Abundant. 

 Low, creeping, 1 to 2 feet long; perennial. 



Tyjte locality : " Hab. in Jamaica." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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