64 BOTANY OF MICHIGAN 



shaded ground throughout. Growing like a native plant even in woods 

 and swamps. 



Solarium nigrum L. Black nightshade. Shaded or rich open ground, 

 usually as a weed in cities and villages. Infrequent. 



Physalis gro.ndiflora Hook. Large white-flowered ground cherry. In 

 sandy open ground near Alpena. Apparently infrequent, 

 -ft Physalis heterophylla Nees. Clam}' ground cherry. In dry and sandy 

 open ground from Bay County to St. Ignace. Frequent. 



Lycium halimifolium Mill. Common matrimony vine. Occasional as 

 an escape about cities and villages. 



Hyoscyamus niger L. Black henbane. Noticed at St. Ignace and on 

 Mackinac Island, as a sort of weed in waste places. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. Figwort Family 



Verbascum thapsus L. Common mullein. As a weed along roads, in 

 pastures, old fields and open woods. Frequent throughout. 



Linaria vulgaris Hill. Butter and eggs. Throughout as a weed in 

 and near cities and villages. Often plentiful. 



Linaria canadensis (L.) Dumont. Blue toad-flax. In dry sand}' open 

 or slightly shaded ground from Bay Count}' to Alpena. Not noticed 

 farther north. 



Scrophularia leporella Bicknell. Hare figwort. In dryish open ground 

 from Bay County to St. Ignace, Mackinac County. Frequent. 



Pentstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd. Hairy beard-tongue. Dry open or 

 partially shaded ground from Bay County to Mackinac Island, Macki- 

 nac County. Frequent. 



Chelone glabra L. Turtlehead. Wet open places from Bay County to 

 St. Ignace, Mackinac County. Frequent. 



Mimulus ringens L. Square-stemed monkey-flower. Wet open ground 

 from Bay County to St. Ignace, Mackinac County. Frequent. 



Mimulus glabratus jamesii (T. & G.) Gray. James' mimulus. In 

 very wet springy places on Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, and 

 near Presque Isle Bay, Presque Isle County. Plentiful. 



Wronica americana Schwein. American brooklime. In and near 

 brooks, ditches and very wet places from Bay County to St. Ignace and 

 on Mackinac Island. Plentiful and often abundant. 



Veronica scutellata L. Marsh speedwell. In damp open ground from 

 Bay County to St. Ignace, Mackinac County. Frequent. 



Veronica officinalis L. Common speedwell. Dryish open or shaded 

 ground from Bay County to Mackinac Island, Mackinac County. Fre- 

 quent throughout. 



Veronica serpylli folia L. Thyme-leaved speedwell. In open or shaded 

 grassy ground throughout. Plentiful. 



