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APHYLLON, Mitchell. 



UNiFLORUM, Torr. (f- Gr. Single-flowered Aphyllon. 



Moist woods. Schenectady, Pearson. Shady banks of the Mohawk. J. G. 

 Crocker. Pine plains of Rome, Knieskern. Infrequent. May, June. 



SCROPHULAEIACE.^. Figworfs. 



VERBASCUM,L. Mulleins. 



THAPSUS, L. Common Mullein. From the Ancient Thapsus. 



Roadsides, old fields. Common. June, September. 



BLATTARIA, L. Moth Mullein. 



Waysides, pastures, hills. Albany; Schenectady; Littlefalls; roundabout 

 Utica : the form with white and purple flowers. The bright yellow flowers are 

 abundant in Trenton. Common. June - October. 



LYCHNITIS, L. White Mullein. The Ancient Lychnitis. 



Barren sandy fields and copses on a ridge at the head of Oneida lake, parallel 

 with the shore, bs'yond which are swamps. It is most abundant around the 

 mouth of Fish creek Here are the ruins of an old fort, which may account 

 for the introduction of the plant. 



Two hybrids between this species and V. thapsus. one resembling the latter 

 with a simple stem and yellow flowers, and the other the former with panicu- 

 late branches and white corollas, were observed by Knieskern. 



Local. July, August. 



LINAllIA, Tournefort. Toadflax. 



VULGARIS, Miller. Common Linaria. 



Roadsides and waste grounds. Common. June - October. 



E LATIN E, Miller. The Ancient Elatine. 



Sandy soils. Near Albany, Beck; and shores of Cayuga lake. Gray, Torrey 

 Fl.N.Y. Formerly in the streets of Geneva, SoritucH. Rare. June, July. 



SCROPHULARIA, Tournefort. Figwort. 



NODOSA, L. Nodose-rooted Scrophularia. 



Roadsides, river-banks. Common. July - September. 



COLLINSIA, Nuttall. Collinsia. 



VERNA, Nutt. Early Collinsia. 



Wet meadows on the flats of the Mohawk, just below Utica. Borders of a 



small pond near Utica, Knieskern. Near Utica, Gray ; Ithaca, Aikin, 



Torrey Fl. N.Y. Rare. May. 



CHELONE, Toui-nefort. Snakehead. 



GLABRA, L. Smooth Chelone. 



Grassy swamps. Common. July - October. 



PENTSTEMON, Mitchell. 



PUBESCENS, Solander. Downy Pentstemon. 



Barren gravelly banks. Abundant along the Railroad west of Schenectady to 

 Fort-Plain. Otsego county, H. Lathrop. Rocky sides of Black river below 

 Watertown. Seneca lake, Gray. Greece, on oak openings, Bradley. 



Frequent. June - August. 



MIMULUS, L. Monkey 'flowers. 



RINGENS, L. Gqping-flowered Mimulus. 



Ditches, streams. Common. July - September. 



