No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 353 



Frequent. Wet muddy or sandy open places and about 

 ponds and streams. June — Sept. 

 Ilysanthes anagallidea (Michx.) Robinson (like Anagallis, the 



Pimpernel). 

 Ilysanthes diihia of American authors, not Gratiola dubia L. 

 Ilysanthes riparia Raf. (?). 



Wet muddy or sandy places. East Haddam (Eaton 

 ilerb.), and occasional in the southwestern part of the state 

 (Eames) . June — Sept. 



GRATIOLA L. Hedge Hyssop. 



Gratiola virginiana L. 



Common. Wet places. June — Sept. 

 The plant is medicinal. 



Gratiola aurea Muhl. (golden). 



Lake and river shores. Monroe (H. C. Beardslee), and 

 occasional or frequent in central and eastern Connecticut. 

 June — Sept. 



DIGITALIS L. Foxglove. 

 Digitalis purpurea L. (purple). 

 Common Foxglove. 



Rare. Bridgeport, in waste places (Eames). June — July. 

 Fugitive from Europe. 



VERONICA L. Speedwell. 

 Veronica virginica L. 



Leptandra virginica Nutt. 

 Culver's-root. Culver's Physic. 



Occasional to frequent. Fields, thickets and fence-rows. 

 July — Aug. 



The rhizome and roots are medicinal and are officinal. 



Veronica longifolia L. (long-leaved). 



Rare. Roadsides as an escape from cultivation : Water- 

 ford (E. F. Burleson), Union (Bissell), Milford and Fair- 

 field (Eames). July — Aug. Native of Europe. 



Veronica americana Schwein. 

 American Brooklime. 



Springs and wet places. Windsor (Eames & Harger), 



