FIG WORT FAMILY. 7 17 



Carolinian area. Naturalized from Canada, along the Atlantic coast to North 

 Carolina. Annual. 



ALABAMA : Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers June, July. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Germaniae, Angliae, Galliae, Italiae arvis." * 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Elatinoides spuria (L.) Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b : 58. 1891. 



Antirrhinum spurium L. Sp. PL 2 : 613. 1753. 



Linaria spuria Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 15. 1768. 



EUROPE. 



Sparingly naturalized on the Atlantic coast. Philadelphia, on ballast. 



ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast with the last. Mobile County. Flowers yellow; 

 July. Both species ripen their seed perfectly, and make their appearance almost 

 every season without spreading. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Germaniae, Angliae, Galliae, Italiae arvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LINARIA Juss. Gen. PI. 120. 1789. 

 About 150 species, temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. North America, 2. 



Linaria canadensis (L.) Duniont, Bot. Cult. 2:96. 1802. WILD TOAD-FLAX. 



Antirrhinum canadense L. Sp. PI. 2 : 618. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 113. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 379. Chap. Fl. 290. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 250. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 306. Wats. Bot. Cal. 1 : 548. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; New England 

 south to Florida, west to Texas, the Rocky Mountains, and California. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. In gravelly or sandy soil. Cultivated and waste 

 ground. Flowers purplish blue ; March, April. Common. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linaria floridaiia Chap. Fl. 290. 1860. FLORIDA TOAD-FLAX. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 309. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 250. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Drifting sands at or near the seashore. Baldwin 

 County, eastern shore Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay. Flowers blue ; April, May. Fre- 

 quent. Biennial. 



Type locality: "Drifting sands near the coast, West Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Linaria linaria (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 947. 1880-1883. COMMON TOAD-FLAX. 



Antirrhinum linaria L. Sp. PI. 2 : 616. 1753. 



Linaria vulgaris Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1. 1768. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 379. Chap. Fl. 290. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 251. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized. New Brunswick and New England, and throughout the Atlantic 

 States to Mississippi and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to lower hills. Waste places. Lauderdale and Tusca- 

 loosa counties. Flowers yellow ; May, June. Not frequent; most probably escaped 

 from cultivation. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae ruderatis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SCROPHULARIA L. Sp. PI. 2:619. 1753. FIGWORT. 



About 120 species, warmer temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere, Europe, Asia. 

 North America, 3. 



Scrophularia marilandica L. Sp. PL 2 : 619. 1753. MARYLAND FIGWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 106. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 380. Chap. Fl. 289. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 258. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, Nebraska, and Oregon, south to Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Colorado. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Damp thickets, borders of woods. 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet. Cle- 



