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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT.
LINARIA, JUSS. TOAD FLAX.
L. Canadensis (L.), Dumont. WILD TOAD FLAX.
Frequent in dry soil. An exceedingly depauperate form in
brown gravelly hollows among rocks, especially on the mountains.
Browns Mt.; Flying Mt., etc. (Rand);—shore, Northeast Harbor
(B. E. J. Gresham);—Baker Island (Redfield).
L. VULGARIS, Mill. BUTTER-AND-EGGS.
Roadsides; infrequent. Southwest Harbor; Town Hill;
Great Cranberry Isle (Rand);—Baker Island (Redfield).
CHELONE, L. SNAKE-HEAD. TURTLE-HEAD.
C. glabra, L.
Wet places, along brooks and rills; frequent.
ILYSANTHES, Raf.
I. riparia, Raf. I. gratioloides (L.), Benth. FALSE PIMPERNEL.
Rare. Muddy border of Somes Stream (R. & R.);—shore
of little mill-pond, Somesville (Rand).
VERONICA, L. SPEEDWELL.
V. scutellata, L. MARSH SPEEDWELL.
Boggy ground; infrequent. Northeast Harbor (William H.
Dunbar);—Ripples Pond; High Head meadow; bog near Sea
Wall (Rand);—"Mt. Desert" (F. M. Day).
V. officinalis, L. COMMON SPEEDWELL.
Dry ground; rare and local. Roadsides and fields, Salisbury
Cove (Faxon, R. & R.);—"Norway Drive," south of Salisbury
Cove (Rand, Mary Minot). Apparently confined to the neighborhood
of Salisbury Cove, and appearing both introduced and indigenous.
V. serpyllifolia, L. THYME-LEAVED SPEEDWELL.
Fields, clearings, and roadsides; common. Apparently both
introduced and indigenous.