FIGWORT FAMILY. 723 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, miry places. Dekalb County, Mentone. Lee County, 
Auburn (Baker j: Karle), Flowers July. Rare and local. 7 
‘Type locality: ‘‘ Pens.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Tlysanthes refracta (Ell.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 418. 1846. 
Lindernia refracta E11. Sk, 1:579. 1821. 
L. monticola Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 
Ell. lic. Chap. FI. 294, ed. 3,318. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt 1: 283. 
Carolinian area. North Carolina to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Wet rocks. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 
Pesete Falls, May (C. L. Boynton) and near Gadsden. Etowah County, Black Creek 
Falls. 
Type locality: “Grows around the margins of ponds in Barnwell district, South 
Carolina; in Burke County, and near Milledgeville, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. ex Biltmore Herb. 
SCOPARIA L.Sp. Pl. 1:116. 1763. 
About 6 species, small undershrubs or herbs, tropical America to Brazil. 
Scoparia dulcis L. Sp. Pl.1:116. 1753. : 
Chap. Fl. 296. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 284. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:312. 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 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.P1.1:9. 1753. 
About 200 species, annuals and perennials, cooler temperate regions both hemi- 
spheres. Europe, western Asia, New Zealand. North America, 11. 
Veronica peregrina l.. Sp. Pl.1:14. 1753. NECK WEED. 
Veronica caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 61. 1788. 
Ell. Sk. 1:10. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 387. Chap. F1.295. 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. Irom 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. 
EvuRopeE. . 
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. F1.296. Gray, Syn. F1.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 cultis, 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. F1.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 288, 
Eurors, Asia, NORTHERN AFRICA, 
