242 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
considered, although any extant type should be examined. Speci imens 
ie Salem, North Carolina, collected by Schweinitz and labeled ‘‘mega- 
rpa,”’ seen in Herb. Academ y of N rmhas Sciences of 48 eee n rigpg 
Gratiola cruliien sit Le Conte han 5. 1824. “In- 
s in wet grounds OG 2 Carolina to F Plorida.” eae tion sufficiently 
distinctive. Probable type, collected by Le Conte at Pee Shallow ford, y 
seen in Herb. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Wet loam, in shade, usually along streams, common through the 
Piedmont, not ascending into the Appalachians; and through the 
Coastal Plain south to central Florida. Ranges from New Jersey 
to Florida and Texas, inland in the Mississippi Valley to Illinois and 
Missouri. 
Flowering from March to May, fruiting May to June. Corolla 
white, within with longitudinal purple lines, more pronounced on 
posterior side. 
Pennell (Georgia)—9506. (Florida)—9705, 9714. (Alabama)— 
9726. 
7. SOPHRONANTHE Bentham. 
Sophronanthe Bentham; Lindl., Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. IT, 445. 1836. 
Type species, S. hispida Benth. 
1. Sophronanthe hispida Benth. 
Sophronanthe se ay Benth., 1. c. 445. 1836. “The plant was gathered 
Drummond at Apala chicola. ”  Tsotype, Drummond cea seen in Herb. 
Columbia Puleasice at the New York otanical Garde 
Gratiola subulata as peut in DC. Prod. 10: 405. 1846. “In 
Florida ( Baldwi ea ee Pi eairarigaes collected by Bald- 
arys south side, y 
isotype, seen in Herb. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
Dry sandy pineland, Coastal Plain, southern Georgia to Louisiana, 
south through the Florida peninsula to Dade County. 
Flowering from late April to September, and soon ripening fruit; 
in southern Florida flowering and fruiting throughout the year. 
Corolla with tube externally yellowish-white, on lobes and within 
white. 
Pennell (Georgia) —9528. (Florida) —9660, 9676, 9689, 9700. 
8. RANAPALUS Kellogg. 
Ranapalus Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. 7: 113. 1877. 
Type species, R. eisenii Kell., of California. 
1. Ranapalus rotundifolius (Michx.) Pennell, comb. nov. 
Monniera rotundifolia Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer 1803. “Hab. 
ione Illinoe casa Michaux].” Type not recited, but Por 
ciently distinetiv 
Aquatic in shallow sibel open ponds, central and west- 
ern Tennessee. Through the Mississippi Valley from Indiana and 
Tennessee to North Dakota, eastern Colorado and northern Texas. 
