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L. vulgaris, Mill. Toad-Flax. Butter-and-eggs. Ramsted. 



Becoming a frequent weed, occasionally abundant : upper Mississippi river ; 

 Minneapolis ; Goodhue, Wabasha, Nicollet and Blue Earth counties. 



S(JROPHUIiARIA,Tourn. Figwokt. 



S. nodosa, L., var. Marilandica, Gray. Figwort. 



Common through the south half of the state ; extending north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river. 



[CoUinsia parviflora, Dougl., will probably be found in northern Minnesota.] 



CHE LONE, L. Turtle-head. Snake-head. 



C glabra, L. Turtle-head. Snake-head. Shell-flower. Balmony. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state, excepting perhaps south westward. 



PENTSTEMON", Mitchell. Bbardtongub. Pentstemon. 



P. pubescens, Solander. Beard-tougue. Peatstemon. 



Common, or frequent, through the southeast and central portions of the state and 

 in the Red river valley, extending northeast to the upper Mississippi river, and to the 

 lake of the Woods (rare), Dawson; apparently wanting in Blue Earth county and west- 

 ward, Leiberg; but found in Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. 



P. grand ifloriis, Nutt. Large-flowered Peatstemon. 



Common from lake Pepin, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, to the upper Mississippi 

 liver ; and thence frequent westerly to Eock county, Leiberg, Pipestone county, Mrs. 

 Bennett, and the Ked river valley near Glyndon, Gedge. 



P . acuniinatus, Dougl.* Beard-tongue, Pentstemon. 



Ked river, Watson in Bat. Rep. of King's Expl. of the Fortieth Parallel. West. 



MIMULUS , L . Monkey-flower. 



M, ringens, L. Monkey-flower. 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state. (In Blue Earth and Martin counties 

 nsually having the angles of the stem very decidedly winged, Gedge; so, too, at White 

 Bear, Kamsey county, Miss Field.) 



M. Jamesii, Torr. & Gray. Monkey-flower. 



Throughout the state. Minaeapolis (plentiful). Fort Snelling, Stillwater, and lake 

 Pepin; Saint Cloud, and the upper Mississippi river; Beaver creek. Rock conaty, Leiberg. 



GRATIOLA, L. Hedge-Hyssop. 



G. Virginiana, L. Hedge-Hyssop. 



Frequent, occasionally common, throughout the state. The most northern localities . 



* Pejststemon acuminatus, Dougl. Glaucous, 6 to 20 inches high, generally stout 

 and rigid, leafy : leaves coriaceous, somewhat cartilaginous-margined ; radical and 

 lowest cauline obovate or oblong ; upper cauline from lanceolate to broadly ovate, or 

 the upper cordate-clasping, these mostly acute or acuminate : thyrsus strict, inter- 

 rupted, leafy below, naked above ; the clusters several-flowered, and peduncles and 

 pedicels mostly very short : sepals ovate and acute or lanceolate: corolla lilac or 

 ehauging to violet ; the limb half or two-thirds inch in diameter : sterile filament 

 mostly bearded at the dilated tip : capsule flrm-coriaceous and acuminate. Gray's 

 Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



