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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



1. B rami a Monniera (L.) 

 Drake. Monxier 's Hedge hyssop. 

 (Fig. 379.) Perennial, glabrous, 

 fleshy; stem creeping, rooting at 

 the nodes, 3-20' long. Leaves 

 spatulate or cuneate-obcordate, ses- 

 sile, rounded at the apex, entire, 

 or sparingly denticulate, 3"-10" 

 long; peduncles mainly in alternate 

 axils, 2-bracteolate at the summit, 

 in fruit longer than the leaves; 

 flowers pale blue, about 5" long; 

 upper calyx-segment ovate, acute; 

 corolla obscurely 2-lipped; stamens 

 nearly equal; capsule ovoid, acute, 

 shorter than the calyx. [Gratiola 

 Monniera L. ; Herpestis Monniera 

 H.B.K.] 



Common in moist grounds. Na- 

 tive. Southern United States, West 

 Indies, tropical continental America 



and tropical Asia. Flowers from spring to autumn. Its minute seeds probably 



transported to Bermuda by a bird. 



7. CAPRARIA L. 

 Perennial herbs or shrubby plants, the leaves alternate, longer than broad, 

 toothed. Flowers on axillary peduncles. Calyx of 4-6 narrow, almost equal 

 sepals. Corolla white, campanulate, with 4-6 flat lobes. Stamens usually 4; 

 anther-sacs 2, divergent, confluent. Stigmas dilated or 2-lobed. Capsule short, 

 2-grooved, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds 

 reticulated. [Latin, from capra a nanny- 

 goat.] About four species, of tropical and 

 subtropical America, the following typical. 



1. Capraria "bifldra L. Capraria. Goat- 

 weed. (Fig. 380.) Stems l°-3° tall, 

 branching, sometimes pubescent. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, cuneate or oblong, ^'-2' long, 

 acute, sharply serrate above the middle; 

 peduncles solitary or 2 together, shorter than 

 the subtending leaves; sepals linear-lanceo- 

 late to linear-subulate, 2' -3'' long; corolla 

 about 5" long, the tube campanulate, the 

 lobes lanceolate, about as long a& the tube; 

 capsules oval or oval-ovoid, about as long as 

 the sepals. 



Occasional in waste grounds and along 

 roads, . Naturalized. Native of the southern 

 United States and West Indies. Flowers in 

 summer and autumn. 



