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NUMBER 77 SCROPHULARIACEAE 205
An erect, hispid herb to 1 m; leaves coarsely toothed,
broadest at base; flowers k sessile; calyx lobes broad; corolla
yellow.
Neotropics; a roadside weed in interior of Dominica: Baiac
(Whitefoord 5463), between Pont Casse and Deux Branches
(Ernst 1665, Nicolson 2130), Freshwater Lake (Eggers 601),
Ridgefield (Hodge 2164, Syndicate (Whitefoord 4460,5868),
sine loc. (Eggers 985).
Bacopa Aublet, nom. cons.
Bacopa monnieti
Bocopo monnieri (Linnaeus) Pennell, 194694.-Philcox, 1979:679.
Lysimachio monnieri Linnaeus, 1756:9.
Grotiolo monnieri (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1759a [Jun]:851; 1759 [Nov],
Amoen., 4:306, “monnierio.”
Brmio monnieri (Linnaeus) Drake, 1893:142, “monniero.”
Stamens 4; bracteoles 2, below calyx; corolla white to lilac;
leaves sessile, spatulate.
Neotropics, now pantropical; reported for Dominica by
Vdlez (1957:113) based on his own recognizance. The species
is expected, although not yet confirmed, on Dominica.
Buchnera Linnaeus
Buchnera jloridana
Buchnero foridano Gandoger, 1919:217.-Philcox,
1972M7.
1965:304.-Adams.
Erect herb (drying black); leaves hispid, linear-lanceolate,
3-veined; flowers in a loose, terminal spike; calyx pubescent,
shorter than capsule.
Southeastern U.S. to Jamaica, scattered in Central America
and West Indies; new record for Dominica: “rainforest area
about 2 miles [3 km] south of Pagua Bay” (Long & Norstog
s.n., 28 Sep 1971 at US).
The locality would be along the main road from the airport
(then at Melville Hall) to Roseau at less than 100 m. The
species is presumably adventive.
Capraria Linnaeus
Capraria bifrora
Coprorio biforo Linnaeus, 1753:628.-Grisebach, 1862427.
Goatweed, du thd pays.
Leaves all alternate, oblanceolate, narrowly tapered and
upper half coarsely toothed; calyx lobes deeply divided,
narrow, commonly ciliate; corolla (flowers) white.
Neotropical weed; in western Dominica near seacoast in
disturbed places: Cabrits (Hodge 3706, Whitefoord 4076),
Colihaut (Ernst 2119). Scotts Head (Hodge 1612, Webster
13451, Tarou cliffs (Nicolson 2007).
Caribs make a tea of this against diarrhea (Hodge and Taylor,
1957:605). Adjanohoun et al. (1985) reported other medicinal
uses.
Plants from the beach (Hodge 1612, Nicolson 2007) are
much more pubescent than those from higher elevations.
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Lindernia Allioni
Leaves sessile; calyx divided > halfway to base; 2
innermost stamens fertile, outer 2 staminodes clavate
....................... L. rotundifolia
Leaves at least shortly petiolate; calyx divided about to
middle; all 4 stamens fertile, outer 2 k smaller.
2. Pedicel much longer than calyx; calyx 2.5-4.0 mm long,
equaling the ovoid capsule . ....... L. crustacea
2. Pedicel shorter than calyx; calyx 6-10 mm long, shorter
than the elongate capsule . ......... L. diffusa
Lindernia crustacea
Lindernio crwroceo (Linnaeus) F. Mueller, 1882, 1:97.-Rilcox, 1968:17.
Coprorio crwtoceo Linnaeus, 1767b87.
Leaves petiolate, ovate, serrate, often reddish beneath;
pedicels -1 cm long; flowers blue; capsule equaling the calyx
(enclosed).
Introduced weed from Old World, now widely distributed; in
Dominica a weed in fields or along roads: Aivoici (Stehle 6436
in part), Baiac road (Whitefoord 4630), Castle Bruce (Wilbur
7979), Clarke Hall (Ernst 1520, Webster 13409 in part),
Delices (Whitefoord 3681), Grand Bay road (Hodge 814, La
Chaudiere (Hodge 3648), Lisdara (Hodge 2459), Portsmouth
(Hodge 816), road to Rosalie from Castle Bruce junction (Ernst
1903), Sylvania (Hodge 815, mixed with Stemodiu verticillata).
Lindernia diffusa
Lindernio dim0 (Linnaeus) Wettstein in Engler & F’rantl, 1891, IV(3b):79.-
Adams, 1972665.
Vandellia dim0 Linnaeus, 1767b:89.-Grisebach, 1862:430.
More or less prostrate herb; leaves ovate, serrate, petiolate,
often red beneath; flowers k sessile, white; capsule becoming
longer than calyx.
Neotmpical weed; in Dominica on rocks in streams or in wet
places: Bataka (Stehlt 6093), Deux Branches (Hodge 3470), La
Chaudibre (Hodge 3523), Layou River mouth (Ernst 1519),
Laudat (Eggers 693, north slope of Trois Pitons by road (Ernst
1241A), Salybia (Stehlt 6383).
Lindernia rotundifolia
Lindernio rotwrdifolia (Linnaeus) Alston, 1931:214.-Adams, 1972665.
Grotiolo rofundifolio Linnaeus, 1771:174.
Lindernio microcolyx Pennell & Stehld in Stehll et al., 1937, 1:217.-Howard,
1989, 6:308.