FIG WORT FAMILY. 723 



ALABAMA : Mountain region, niiry places. Dekalb County, Mentone. Lee County, 

 Auburn (/>/. er <> Earle). Flowers July. Rare and local. 

 Type locality : "Pens/' 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilysanthes refracta (Ell.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10:418. 1846. 



Lindernia refracta Ell. Sk. 1 : 579. 1821. 



L. monticola Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 294, ed. 3, 313. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 283. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Wet rocks. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 

 Desoto Falls, May (C. L. Boynton} and near Gadsden. Etowah County, Black Creek 

 Falls. 



Type locality: "Grows around the margins of ponds in Barn well district, South 

 Carolina; in Burke County, and near Milledgeville, Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. ex Biltrnore Herb. 



SCOP ARIA L. Sp. PI. 1: 116. 1763. 



About 6 species, small uudershrubs or herbs, tropical America to Brazil. 

 Scoparia dulcis L. Sp. PL 1 : 116. 1753. 



Chap. Fl. 296. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A.. 2, pt. 1 : 284. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 312. 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Jnd. 427. 



COSMOPOLITAN IN THE TROPICS. 



Louisianian area. Florida to southwestern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, July, 1885; rarely 

 met with. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Jamaica, Curassao." 



Herb. Mohr. 



VERONICA L. Sp. PL 1 : 9. 1753. 



About 200 species, annuals and perennials, cooler temperate regions both hemi- 

 spheres. Europe, western Asia, New Zealand. North America, 11. 



Veronica peregriiia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 14. 1753. NECK WEED. 



Veronica caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 10. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. Fl. 295. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 288. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 312. Wats. Bot. Calif. 572. 



MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA. 



Boreal region to Louisianian area. Throughout the continent. From near the 

 arctic circle to the Gulf of Mexico. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. In damp cultivated ground. Flowers pale blue; Feb- 

 ruary to May. A most common winter annual, 4 to 6 inches high. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae hortis, arvisque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Veronica arvensis L. Sp. PL 1 : 13. 1753. CORN SPEEDWELL. 



Ell. Sk. 1:9. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. FL 296. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 



1 : 288. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized. Maritime provinces of Canada and along the Atlantic coast to 

 Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste places. Flowers blue; Feb- 

 ruary to May. Common winter weed; annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae arvis, cultis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Veronica agrestis L. Sp. PL 1 : 13. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. Fl. 296. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 288. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Introduced along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 from New England to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast region. Ballast ground. Mobile County, May ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae culti, arvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Veronica serpyllifolia L. Sp. PL 1 : 12. 1753. THYME-LEAF SPEEDWELL. 



Ell. Sk. 1:8. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. FL 295. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 288. 

 EUROPE, ASIA, NORTHERN AFRICA. 



