FIGWORT FAMILY. 728 



Alabama: Monntaiii region, uiiry places. Dekalb County, Mentone. Lee County, 

 Auburn {Jtaher ^S■ Eaile). Flowers July. Kare and local. 

 Type locality : " Pens." 

 Herb. Geo!. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilysanthes refracta (Ell.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10 : 418. 1846. 



Lindernia refracta Ell. Sk. 1 : 579. 1821. 



L. moiiticola Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 2!»4, ed. 3, .313. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 283. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina to Georgia. 



Alaba:\ia: Mountain region. Wet rocks. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 

 Desoto Falls, May (C. L. Boytiton) and near Gadsden. Etow;ih Couutv, Black Creek 

 Falls. 



Type locality : "Grows .around the margins of ponds in liarn well district, South 

 Carolina; in Bnrke County, and near Milledgeville, Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surw ex Biltraore Herb. 



SCOPARIA L. Sp. PI. 1: lit). 1763. 



About 6 species, small undershrubs or herbs, tropical America to Brazil. 

 Scoparia dulcis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 116. 1753. 



Chap. Fl. 296. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 284. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herl). 2 : 312. 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 427. 



COSMOrOLITAN IN THE THOPICS. 



Louisianian area. Florida to southwestern Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, .July, 1885; rarely 

 met with. Annual. 



Type locality: "llab. in Jamaica, Curassao." 

 Herb. Mohr. 



VERONICA L. Sp. PL 1 : 9. 1753. 



About 200 species, annuals and perennials, cooler temperate regions both hemi- 

 spheres. Europe, western Asia, New Zealand. North America, 11. 



Veronica peregrina L. Sp. PL 1 : 14. 1753. Neck weed. 



Veronica caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1:10. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. Fl. 295. Grav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 288. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 312. Wats. Bot. CaliL 572. 



Mexico, South America. 



Boreal region to Louisianian area. Throughout the continent. From near the 

 arctic circle to the Gulf of Mexico. 



Alabama: Over the State. In damp cultivated ground. Flowers pale blue; Feb- 

 ruary to May. A most common winter annual, 4 to 6 inches high. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae hortis, arvisque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Veronica arvensis L. Sp. IT. 1 : 13. 1753. CouN Speedwell. 



Ell. Sk. 1:9. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. Fl. 296. Grav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:288. 



EUROI'E. 



Naturalized. Maritime i)rovinces of Canada and along the Atlantic coast to 

 Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast ])laiu. Cultivated ground, waste places. Flowers blue; Feb- 

 ruary to May. Common winter weed; annual. 



Ty]ie locality: " Hab. in Europae arvis, cultis.'" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Veronica agrestis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 13. 1753. 



Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 3S7. Chap. Fl. 296. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 288. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Introduced along the Atlantic ;ind Gulf coasts 

 from New England to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast region. Ballast ground. Mobile County, May ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hal), in Europae cultis, arvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Veronica serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 12. 1753. Thyme-leaf Speedwell. 



EB.Sk. 1:8. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. Fl. 295. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:288. 

 Europe, Asia, Northern Africa. 



