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L. vulgaris, Mill. Toad-Flax. Biitter-and-eggs. Ramsted. 



Becoming a frequent weed, occasionally abundant : upper Mississippi riyer ; 

 Minneapolis ; Goodhue, Wabasha, Nicollet and Blue Earth coivntles. 



SCROPHULARIA,Tourn. Figwort. 



S. nodosa, L., var. Marilandica, Gray. Figwort. 



Common through the south half of the state ; extending north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river. 



[CoUinsla parviflora, Dougl., will probably be found In northern Minnesota.] 



CHE LONE, L. Turtle-head. S.vake-head. • 



C glabra. L Tartle-head. Snake-head. Shell-flower. Balmony. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state, excepting perhaps south westward. 



PENTSTEMON, Mitchell. Beard tongue. Pentstemon. 



P. pubescens, Solander. Beard-tongue. Pentstemon. 



Common, or frequent, through the southeast and central portions of the state and 

 in the Red river valley, extending northeast to the upper Alississlppi river, and to the 

 lake of the Woods (rare), Dawson-^ apparently wanting in Blue Earth county and west- 

 ward, Leiberg; but found in Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. 



P. grandifloriis, Nutt. Large-flowered Pentstemon. 



Common from lake Pepin, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, to the upper Mississippi 

 river ; and thence frequent westerly to Rock county, Leiberg, Pipestone county, Mrs. 

 Bennett, and the Red river valley near Glyndon, Gedge. 



P. acuiuiuatus, Dough* Beard-tongue, Pent-stemon. 



Red river, Watson in Bot. Rep. of King's Expl. of the Fortieth Parallel. West, 



MIMULUS.L. MONKEY-FLOAVER. 



M, ringens, L. Monkey-flower. 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state, (f n Blue Earth and Martin counties 

 usually having the angles of the stem very decidedly winged, Oedge; so, too, at White 

 Bear, Kamsey county. Miss Field.) 



M. Janiesii, Torr. & Gray. Monkey-flower. 



Throughout the state. Minceapolis (plentiful). Fort Snelling, Stillwater, and lake 

 Pepin; Saint Cloud, and the upper Mississippi river; Beaver creek. Rock county, ieibsrcr. 



GRATIOL.A, L. Hedge-Hyssop. 



G. Virg-iiiiaua, L. Hedge-Hyssop. 



Frequent, occasionally common, throughout the state. The most northern localities 



* Pentstemon acuminatus, Dougl. Glaucous, 6 to 20 inches high, generally stout 

 and rigid, leafy : leaves coriaceous, somewhat cartilaginous-margined ; radical and 

 lowest cauline obovate or oblong ; upper caullne from lanceolate to broadly ovate, or 

 the upper cordate-clasping, these mostly acute or acuminate : thyrsus strict, inter- 

 rupted, leafy below, naked above; the clusters several-flowered, and peduncles and 

 pedicels mostly very short : sepals ovate and acute or lanceolate: corolla lilac or 

 changing to violet ; the limb half or two-thirds inch in diameter : sterile filament 

 mostly bearded at the dilated tip : capsule flrm-coiiaceous and acuminate. Oray'a 

 Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



