FIG WORT FAMILY. 721 



CONOBEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 2 : 639, t. 258. 1775. 



Seven species, tropical America. 



Conobea multifida (Michx.) Bentb. in DC. Prodr. 10 : 391. 1846. 



CUTLEAF CONOBEA. 



Capraria multifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 22. 1803. 



Gray, Man. ed.'6, 383. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 636 ; ed. 3, 311. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 279. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio to Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. 

 Adventive on ballast at New York and Philadelphia. 



ALABAMA : Coast region. Adventive on ballast from the west. Mobile County. 

 Flowers June, July ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in ripis arenosis fluuiinum ainniculorumque, in Tennasse~e et 

 Illinoensi regione." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MONNIERA P. Br.Hist. Jam. 269, t.28,f.3. 1755. 



(BACOi'A Aubl. PL Guian. 1 : 128, t. 49. 1775. ) 

 (HERPESTIS Gaert. Fruct. 3 : 186, t. 214, f. 0. 1805.) 



About 60 species, perennial herbs, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres. Asia. Chiefly American. North America, 6. 



Monniera acuminata (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 463. 1891. 



BLACKENING HEDGE HYSSOP. 



Gratiola acuminata Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 



Herpestis nigrescens Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2 : 56. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1:15. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 383. Chap. Fl. 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 280. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Maryland, along the coast to North Carolina 

 and Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Low damp places, thickets, and pas- 

 tures. Morgan County, Falkville, covering low abandoned fields. Tuscaloosa, 

 Montgomery, Clarke, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Frequent; 1 to 1 feet high. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monniera chamaedryoides peduncularis (Benth.). 



PEDUNCLED GERMANDER-LIKE HEDGE HYSSOP. 



Herpestia peduncularis Benth. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2 : 56. 1836. 



H. chamaedryoides var.peduncitlaris Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 280. 1878. 



Chap. Fl. 291. Gray, 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 310. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 310. 



NORTHERN MEXICO? 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Upper Division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low waste places, bor- 

 ders of ditches. Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny'). Mobile County. Flowers 

 yellow; April, May. Not frequent. Low, diffusely branching. 



Type locality: "Texas on the Rio Brazos, Drummond." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monniera monniera (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 292. 1894. 



CREEPING MONNIERA. 



Gratiola monniera L. Cent. PI. 2 : 1756. (Amoen. Acad. 4 : 307.) 



Monniera ciineifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 22. 1803. 



Herpestis monniera H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2 : 366. 1817. 



11. Sk. 2 : 103. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 384. Chap. Fl. 292. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 

 281. Coulter, Contr. \ at. Herb. 2 : 310. Griseb. PL Brit. W. Ind. 430. 



COSMOPOLITAN ON TROPICAL AND SUPTROPICAL COASTS. 



Louisianian area. Maryland (Gray), coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to 

 Texas. - 



ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region. Margin of tide-water swamps, fresh 

 and brackish, to the seashore. Flowers pale blue; May to October. Abundant, 



Low, creeping, 1 to 2 feet long; perennial. 

 Type locality : ''Hab. in Jamaica." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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