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7. Mimulus moschatus Dougl. In wet places from Ont. and B. C. to Colo, 

 and Calif. — Alt. up to 9000 ft. — Continental Divide, Routt Co. ; Steamboat 

 Springs. 



8. Mimulus floribundus Dougl. In wet places, especially in sandy soil, from 

 Mont, and B. C, to Ariz, and Calif. — Alt. 5000-8000 ft. — Boulder; Lower 

 Boulder Canon ; Cimarron ; Black Canon ; Golden ; mountains, Larimer Co. ; 

 Ft. Collins; west of Soldier Caiion; Horsetooth Gulch; Cache la Poudre; 

 mountains between Sunshine and Ward. 



9. Mimulus gratioloides Rydb. On hillsides in southern Colo. — Alt. 7000- 

 8000 ft. — Butte, s miles southwest of La Veta ; Crystal Creek. 



8. LIMOSELLA L. Mudwort. 



I. Limosella aquatica L. In shallow water and mud from Lab. and B. C. 

 to Colo, and Calif. ; also in Europe and Asia. — Alt. 4000-8000 ft. — Ft. Col- 

 lins ; Denver ; North Platte, below Hebron ; Parlin ; Estes Park. 



g. GRATIOLA L. Hedge Hyssop. 



I. Gratiola virginiana L. In wet places, especially around springs, from 

 Que. and B. C. to Fla. and Calif.— Alt. 5000 ft.— Garland; Boulder; Ft. Col- 

 Uns ; Alamosa. 



10. VERONICA L. Speedwell, Brooklime. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 



Leaves all short-petioled ; leaf -blades ovate, oblong or oval. 



1. V. atnericana. 

 Leaves of the flowering shoots at least sessile, lanceolate to linear. 



2. V, Anagallis. 

 •"lowers in terminal spikes or racemes, or solitary in the axils of the leaves. 



Perennials ; flowers in terminal spikes or racemes ; bracts reduced and unlike 



the leaves. 

 All leaves sessile, ovate or ovate-oblong ; capsules obovate or oval, merely 



emarginate. 3. V. Wormskjoldii. 



Lower leaves petioled ; blades rounded-oval or the upper oblong ; capsule 



obcordate. 4. V. serpyllifolia. 



"annuals ; flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, i. e., bracts resembling 



the other leaves and only slightly reduced. 

 Peduncles shorter than the oblong to linear stem-leaves. 5. V. xalapensis. 

 Peduncles longer than the ovate stem-leaves. 6. V. Buxbaumii. 



1. Veronica americana Schwein. In water from Anticosti and Alaska to 

 Pa., Colo, and Calif. — Alt. 4000-12,000 ft. — Headwaters of Sangre de Cristo 

 Creek ; headwaters of Pass Creek ; Mancos ; Ft. Collins ; Green Mountain 

 Falls; Van Boxle's ranch, above Cimarron; La Veta; Red Mountain; Horse- 

 tooth Gulch ; Twin Lakes ; Trail Creek ; Poudre Cafion ; Gore Pass ; gulch 

 west of Pennock's; Howe's Gulch; Boulder. 



Veronica americana crassula Rydb. (V. crenatifolia Greene) A low va- 

 riety with fleshy entire leaves. From S. D. and Mont, to Colo, and Utah. 

 — Red Mountain. 



a. Veronica Anagallis L. In water from N. S. and B. C. to N. C. and 

 Ariz. — Alt. 5000-8000 ft. — Wahatoya Creek; Ft. Collins. 



3. Veronica Wormskjoldii R. & S. {V. alpina A. Gray, in part; not L.) 

 In wet places from Greenl. and Alaska to N. H., Colo, and Ariz. — Alt. gooo- 



