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Swales and along streams, above the fall-line, through the Pied- 
mont, ascending to the valleys of the southern Appalachians. Dela- 
ware to northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee. 
Flowering from late June to September, and soon ripening fruit. 
Not seen growing. 
5. Gratiola neglecta Torr 
Gratiola apes omng Cat. Pl. N. Y. 89. 1819. “Within gay miles of 
the City of New York.” Type probably seen in herbarium of Columbia 
Tnivernts at the New York Botanical Garden. For discussion see 
Torreya 19: 146. 1919 
Wet loam, usually in deciduous woodland, frequent through the 
Piedmont, both east and west of the Appalachians; apparently not 
in the Coastal Plain, nor ascending appreciably into the mountains. 
Ranges across the continent northward, south in the East to north- 
ern Georgia and northern Alabama. 
Flowering from April to June, and soon ripening fruit. Corolla 
with tube greenish-yellow, the lobes white, at times pinkish-tinged. 
Pennell (Georgia)—9509. (Alabama)—9760, 9769, 9784. 
6. Gratiola floridana Nutt. 
Gratiola floridana Nutt., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. eas cB. 103. 1834. “Hab. 
St. ed. III. 311. 1897. “Cool 
springs near Quincy, Middle Florida. "9 Distinguished from G. Lagdercns 
by having the staminodia present and aie conspicuous. this 
speci in G. neglecta, the size of the rudiments of the pee ak 
feo is quite variable. 
Muddy banks and in wet woods, loam soil, in river-bottoms in the 
Coastal Plain, southern Georgia, southern Alabama and northern 
Florida; apparently occurring inland to the base of the mountains 
of northeastern Georgia and northeastern Alabama. 
Flowering in April and May, fruiting in May and June. Corolla 
white, or pinkish on the lobes, yellow over base of the posterior 
lobes, and marked with longitudinal fine purple lines. 
Pennell (Florida)—9704. 
7. Gratiola virginiana L. ae Vj F 
Bf needed gir gre: ee 2 this as 6. TP lake in ata ao: 6s. oy 
Gratiola sphaerocarpa Ell., Sketch Bot. S.C.andGa.1:14, 1816. “Grows 
in ponds 4 miles from Charleston [South Carolina], on the neck.” De- 
eta eying o. rg? — 2 7 the Charestn M Sido autumn. 
Graitila mepaloutros Ell, 1 e. 16. 1816, “Grows in ditches and pools 
from Pennsylvania to elas Pursh.” a Ca —* Fl. Amer. Sept. be 
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