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Synopsis of Family Limnanthaceae 



The family Limnanthaceae, as recently described by Axel Rydberg 

 in North American Flora, Vol. 25, part 2, includes: — 



I. Limnanthes 



1. Limnanthes alba Hartw; Benth. PL Hartw. 301 (1848). 



Floerkea alba Greene, Fl. Fran. 100 (1891). 



2. Limnanthes floccosa Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1 :108 (1897). 



3. Limnanthes rosea Hartw; Benth. PI. Hartw. 302 (1848). 



L. pulchella Hartw. Jour. Hort. Soc. London 4:79 (1849) 



as a synon}TTi. 



F. rosea Greene Fl. Fr. 100, (1891). 



4. Limnanthes Douglasii, R. Br. Phil. Mag. Ill 2:40, (1833). 



F. Douglasii, Baillon, Adansonia 10, (1873). 



5. Limnanthes sulphurea, Loud. Encyc. PI. (1843). 



L. Douglasii Sweet, Br. Flower Gard. 2. (1838). 



6. Limnanthes versicolor (Greene) Rydberg. 



F. versicolor, Greene, Erythrea 3:62. (1895). 



7. Limnanthes gracilis, Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1, 108, (1897). 



8. Limnanthes pumila, Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1, (1897). 



9. Limnanthes Macoiinii, Trelease Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 



4:85, (1887). 



L. Douglasii Macoun Cat. Can. PI. 3.502, (1886.) 



F. Macounii, Trelease in A. Gray Syn. Fl. 1, (1897). 



II. Floerkea 



1. Floerkea occidentalis, Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1.268, (1900). 



F. proserpinacoides of S. Wat. Bot. King's Expl. 50, (1871). 



2. Floerkea proserpinacoides, Willd. Neue Schr. Ges. Nat. Freunde. 



Berlin, 3.449, (1801). 



F. lacustris, Pers. 3 yn. pi. 1, (1805). 



Nectris pinnata, Pursch, Fl. Am. (1814). 



F. uliginosa, Muhl. Cat. 36, (1813). 



F. palustris, Nutt. Gen. 1, 229, (1818). 



Cabomba pinnata R. & S. Syst. Veg. 7, (1830). 



Thos. Howell (2) has the above species of Limnanthes recorded ex- 

 cepting L. sulphurea. He does not recognise F. occidentalis. Asa Gray 

 (5) accepts F. proserpinacoides. He places Limnanthes and Floerkea in 

 the same genus, Floerkea. The species accepted by him are F. Macounii 



