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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



Monniera Monniera (L. ) Britton. Monnier'sHedge-Hj'ssop. (Fig. 3271.) 



(haliola Monniera L. Cent. PI. 2: 1756. 

 l.inioicUacalycina Forsk. Fl. -Vlipt Arab. 112. 1775. 

 Iltifieiltscuntifolia Pursli. Fl. .^nl. Sept. 418. 1S14. 

 Heipeslii Monniera H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 2:366. 1817. 

 M. iMonnieta lirittun, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 292. 1894. 

 Perennial, glabrous, fleshy; stem creeping, 

 rooting at the nodes, branched, 6'-i.S' long. 

 Leaves spatulate or cuneate-obcordate, sessile, 

 rounded at the apex, entire, or sparinfjly den- 

 ticulate, 3"-io" long, l"-2>j" wide; peduncles 

 mainly in alternate axils, slender, 2-bracteolate 

 at the summit, in fruit longer than the leaves; 

 flowers pale blue, about 5" long; upper calyx- 

 srguient ovate, acute; corolla obscurely 2- 

 lipped; stamens nearly equal; stigma slightly 

 2-lobcd; capsule ovoid, acute, shorter than the 

 calyx. 



On shores, near the coast, Maryl.-ind to Florida, 

 Tixas and Mexico. Widely distributed in tropical 

 regions of both the Old World and the New. June- 

 Oct. 



2. Monniera acuminata (Walt. ) Kuntze. Purple Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3272.) 



Graliola acuminata Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 

 Maloiirea nigrescens Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 



173- 1835- 

 Herpes/ts ni^)-escens Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 56. 



1836. 

 Af. acnmmala Kuntze, R:v. Gen. PI. 463. 1891. 



Perennial, glabrous; stem erect, branched 

 above, l°-2° high, very leafy. Leaves oblong or 

 oblong lanceolate, serrate, at least above the 

 middle, short-petioled or sessile, obtuse or acute 

 at the apex, narrowed or somewhat cuncate at 

 the base, \'-2.' long, faintly veined; peduncles 

 in alternate and opposite axils, ascending, in 

 fruit longer than the leaves, not bracteolate at 

 the summit; flowers 5"-6" long, purple; upper 

 calyx-segment lanceolate, acute; corolla 2- 

 lipped, the lower lip longer than the upper; sta- 

 mens approximate in pairs; capsule oblong, 4- 

 valved, 2,"-a" h'gli, about equalling the calyx. 



In wet soil, Maryland to Florida and Texas, near 

 the coast. Plant blackening in drying. June-Sept. 



3. Monniera Caroliniana (Walt.) Kuntze. 

 Blue Hedge-Hj'ssop. (Fig. 3273.) 



Oholaria Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 166. 1788. 

 M. amplexicaulis 1>l\chi. Fl. Bor. Am 2: 22. 1803. 

 Herpeslisamplexicaults'Pwrs.h. Fl. Am. Sept. 418. 1814. 

 M. Caroliniana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 463. iSgi. 



Perennial bj- stolons, more or less pubescent, 

 fleshy; stems creeping and ascending, rooting at 

 the lower nodes, 6'-2° long, simple, or sparingly 

 branched, leafy. Leaves ovate to oval, sessile and 

 clasping bj* a subcordate base, obtuse at the apex, 

 parallel-veined, punctate, entire, the margins cilio- 

 late or naked; peduncles shorter than the leaves; 

 usually shorter than the calyx; upper calyx-seg- 

 ment ovate, cordate; flowers blue, ^"-5" long, eph- 

 emeral; disk io-i2-toothed; stamens approximate 

 in pairs. 



In wet pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and 

 Louisiana. 



