464 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
GRATIOLA Linn. Gen. 888 (1737). 
Sophronanthe BenruH. Lindl. Introd. ed. 2, 445 (1835). 
Nibora Rar. Fl. Lud. 36 (1817). 
Fonkia Part. Linn. XXX, 198 (1856). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 448; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 953; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 295; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3 b, 75 (von 
Wettstein). 
Living species: 25; cosmopolitan, but especially in 
extra-tropical regions. Russia, 1; Russian Europe, 1; N. 
America, 18; S. Sts., 10; Rocky mts , 1; California, 2; Canada, 
3; E. Sts. 5; Pl. King, 1; Pl. Wheel., 1; W. Tex., 6. 
Gratiola virginiana Linn. Spec. 17 (1753). 
G. officinalis Micax. Fl. N Am. I, 6 (1803). 
G. carolinensis Pers. Syn. I, 14 (1805). 
G. neglecta Torr. Cat. N. Y. Pl. (1819). 
G. missouriana Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. i, X, 258 (1826). 
Conobea borealis SPRENG.. Syst. II, 771 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 384; Britt., Fl. N. J, 185; Coult., 
FI. Colo. 281; Upham, Fl. Minn. 99; Chap., Fl. S. St. 292; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 
358; Brew. and Wats., FI. Calif.I, 570; Wats., King Exp. 227; Ruth , Wheei. 
Exp. 214; Cov., Fl. Ark. 208; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 281; Engl. Wettst., Nat. 
Pfianz. IV, 3, 75; Coult., Fl. Tex. 311. 
North America: Q., Ont. to Man., Brit. Col. and N. W. 
T.; S. to Oregon and Calif.;S to Minn., Dak. and Neb. to Ark.; 
E. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Nicollet Co.; wet 
places, marshes and peat bogs. 
HERB.: Herrick 204, St. Louis river; Holzinger 146, 
Winona Co.; Holzinger 147 and 148, Winona Co. 
ILYSANTHES Rar. Ann. Nat. 18 (1820). 
Bonnaya Link and Ort. PI. Sel. 25 (1840). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. TX, 458 (sub Torenia Linn.); Benth. and Hook., Gen. 
Pl. II, 955; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 295; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 461; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3b, 80 (von Wettstein). 
Living species: 17; tropical regions, and N. America 
and Australia; S. Africa. N. America, 3; S. Sts. 8; Canada, 
1; California, 1; E. Sts., 1; W. Tex., 1. 
Lysanthes gratioloides (Linn.) BentH. DC. Prodr. X, 418 
(1846). 
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Capraria gratioloides Linn. Spec. 2 ed. 8763(1762). 
Gratiola anagallidea Micux. FI], N. Am. I, 5 (1803). 
G. dilatata MunHL. Cat. (1818). 
Lindernia pyxidaria Pursu, Fl. Am. 419 (1814). 
Herpestis callitrichoides HBK. N. Gen. et Spec. (1818). 
Llysanthes riparia RAF. Ann. Nat. 13 (1820). 
? Gratiola tetragona Evi. Sk. I, 15 (1821). 
G. attenuata SPRENG. Syst. I, 39 (1825). 
