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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Voi,. III. 



i. Monniera Mon 



niera (L,. ) Brittoii. Monnier's Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3271.) 



Gratiola Monniera L. Cent. PI. 2: 1756. 

 Limosella calycina Forsk. Fl. AEg. Arab. 112. 1775. 

 Herpeslis cuneifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 418. 1814. 

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

 M. Monniera Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5^292. 1894. 



Perennial, glabrous, fleshy; stem creeping, 

 rooting at the nodes, branched, 6 / -i8 / long. 

 Leaves spatulate or cuneate-obcordate, sessile, 

 rounded at the apex, entire, or sparingly den- 

 ticulate, 3 // -]o // long, \"-2y 2 " 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- 

 segment ovate, acute; corolla obscurely 2- 

 lipped; stamens nearly equal; stigma slightly 

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

 calyx. 



On shores, near the coast, Maryland to Florida, 

 Texas and Mexico. Widely distributed in tropical 

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

 Oct. 



272.) 



2. Monniera acuminata (Walt. ) Kuntze. Purple Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3 



Graiiola acuminata Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 

 Matourea nigrescens Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1. 



173- 1835. 

 Herpestis nigrescens Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 56. 



1836. 

 M. acuminata Kuntze, Rsv. Gen. PI. 463. 1891. 



Perennial, glabrous; stem erect, branched 

 above, i-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 cuneate at 

 the base, i / -2 / long, faintly veined; peduncles 

 in alternate and opposite axils, ascendiug, 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> // -4 // high, 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-Hyssop. (Fig. 3273.) 



Obolaria Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 166. 1788. 

 M. amplexicaulis Mich". Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 22. 1803. 

 Herpestis amplexicaulisVursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 418. 1814. 

 M. Caroliniana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 463. 1891. 



Perennial by 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 by 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, 4 // ~5 // long, eph- 

 emeral; disk 10-12-toothed; stamens approximate 

 in pairs. 



In wet pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and 

 Louisiana. 



