7'J2 IM.ANT lAl'K t)K ALAHAMA. 



Monniera caroliniana ( W iilt.) Kunl/.r, hNn. (ini. I'l. 2 : lti.{. 1S!(1. 



Cauoi.ina MoNN'IKKA. 



Olxildiia rtnoHuidVK Walt. l'"l. Car. lti(i. 17W. 



}t()iniir)<i (imiilijiniiilia Miclix. Fl. lior. Am. 2 .22. 1S(W. 



Ilrrpistix iimjilej-irdiilis I'lirsh, Fl. Am. .Sept. 2 : 41S. 1><1 1. 



Kll. Sk. 2 : 101. (Jray, Man. od. (!, 381. Cha]). Fl. 2!I2. (iray, Syn. Fl. X. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 2X0. 



Caroliiii.ni and Loiiieianian areas. Maryland to llorid.i, wiisl to Louisiana. 



Ai.AiiAM.v : Central Prairie re<.jioii. IJorders of jpoiids. Harliour (,'ouuty, Knfaula 

 {]■:. .1. Smilli). Flowers i>lni-, Aiij;nst. Rare. 

 Tyjie locality : South Carolina. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



MICRANTHEMUM Miclix. Fl. I'.or. Am. 1 : 10. 180:3. 



Sixteen Bpccies, low herbs, tropical and subtropical America. Atlantic North 

 America, 2; low acinatics. 



Micranthemum orbiciilatum Michx. Fl. IJor. Am. 1 : 10, t. ,.'. 1803. 



FIl. Sk. 1 : 17. Chap. Fl. I'!t5. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 284. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2:312. 



Wkst Inuiks, Ckntkai, America, Brazil, Pkku. 



Louisiaiiian area. North ('arolina to Florida and western Texas. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Muddy banks, shallow ponds. Mobile, and Baldwin 

 counties. Flowers white; May to October. Common; creeping in dense tufts. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in iidis opacisfiue sylvarum Carolinae el (ieorgiae." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Micranthemum orbiculatum emarginatum (FU.) Mohr, Bull. Torr. Club, 24:2(>. 



1S!I7. 



MirrantheDiiiiii emarf/iruitiim Fll. Sk. 1: 18. 1816. 



Loiiisianian area. Georgia, Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast i)lain. Gently-flowing brooklets. Baldwin County, Daphne. 

 Not fre(iiient. Perennial. 



The orbiculate leaves from ^ to over i inch wide, slightly emarginate, the 3 basal 

 nerves more prominent. Flowers closely sessile, smaller than in the type. Stems 

 to 8 inches long, floating in clear brooklets. 



Type locality : " ( Jro ws in ditches and wet ])laces — Vail' Ombrosa, ( ireat Ogeechee. 

 In the upper country, common."' 



Herb. Gcol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ILYSANTHES Kaf. Ann. Nat. 13. 1820. 



Ten species, annuals, warmer regions of the globe. Atlantic North America, 5, 

 chiefly Southern. 



Ilysanthes gratioloides (L.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 : 1 1!). 1816. 



Hedgk-iiyssop-lik k Ilysanthes. 



Capraria (iratioloides Ij. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 876. 1763. 



Graiiola aniujallidea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : .5. 1803. 



Jhjxanthes riparla b'af. Ann. Nat. 13. 1820. 



Lindernid dilaUda Mulil. Cat. 50. 1813. 



Fll. Sk. 1 : 16. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 385. Chai). Fl. 204. (iray, Svu. Fl N. A. 2, i>t. 1 : 

 283. Coulter, Conir. Nat. Herb. 2:311. 



South America, kastkrx Asia. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario, and Minnesota to 

 Oregon and the Sierra Nevada; throughout the States east of the Mississippi River. 



Alai'.ama: From the Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Muddy borders of 

 streams, exposed muddy banks. Flowers white; June to September. Abundant. 



Type locality : " Hab. in ^'irgiuiae aquosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl.) J. K. Small, T'.ull. Torr. Club, 23:207. 1896. 



Lindernia attenuata Muhl. Cat. 59. 1813. 



Gratiola attenuata Spreng. Syst. 1 : 39. 1824. 



By later authors confounded with the last. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Wisconsin, Missouri, south to 

 Georgia. 



