LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 47 



S. Europe, Mid. and S. Russia; India; Australia; Is- 

 lands of Mediterranean. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man.; S. to N. 

 Eng., N. J., Fla.; W. to Minn, and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and W. to Cottonwood 

 valley and Chippewa; rivers, ponds and lakes. 



Herb. : Ballard 455, Prior's Lake, Scott Co. ; Herrick 

 290, Minnetonka; Oesilund 190, Minnehaha; Holzinger 272, 

 Winona Co. ; Sandberg 539, 540, "Minnesota." 



VIII. GRAMINEAE. Grass Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 77 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 1074 

 1883); Hackel mEngl. and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 1 (1887). 

 Genera: 300-325; cosmopolitan; 3-4 extinct. 

 Species: 3500-4000; 3100-3200 (B. andH.); 40-50 extinct? 



ANDROPOGON Linn. Gen. ed. V, 1014 (1754). 



Schizachrium Nees, Agrost. Bras. 331 (1829). 



Heterocliloa Desvx. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 



Diectomis H. B. K Nov. Gen. et Spec. I, 193 (1815). 



Homoeatherum Nees, Hook, and Arn. Beech. Bot. 239 (1841). 



Hypog-yniuni Nees, A?;rost. Bras. 364 (1829). 



Anadelpliia Hack. Engl. Jahrb. VI, 240(1885). 



Arthostacliys Desvx. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 



Euklastaxon Steud. Syn. Glum. I, 412 (1855). 

 ? Ageuium Nees, Lindl. Introd Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 447 (1835). 



Sorghum Pers. Syn. I, 101 (1805). 



Bliimeubachia Koel. Gram. Gall. 28 (1802). 



Vetiveria Thou, ex Vir. Journ. Pharm. I, XIII, 499 (1857). 



Anatheruiu P. Beauv, Agrostogr. 128 (1812). 



Maiitlelorna Steud. Syn. Glum. I, 359 (1855). 



Chi-ysopogou Trin. Fund. Agr. 187 (1820). 



Bliaphis Lour. Cochinch. 552 (1790). 



Centrophoruni Trin. Fund. Agr. (1820). 



Holcus R. Br. Prodr. 198 (1810) in part. 



Dichantiuni Willem. Herb. Maur. in Ust. Ann. Bot. XVIII, 

 11 (1796). 



Diplasanthus Desvx. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 



Licpeocercis Trin. Fund. Agr. 203 (1820). 



Cymbopogon Spreng. PI. Min. Cog. Pugil. II, 14 (1815). 



Gymnautbelia and Hyparrhenia Anders. Schwelnf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 299, 300 (1862?). 



Heteropogou Pers. Syn. II, 533 (1805). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pi. Ill, 1133-1135; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 

 464; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pjlanz. 2, II, 26 (Hackel). 



Living species: 200 ±; warmer regions; N. America, 

 Asia and temperate Europe. Europe, 8-9; N. America, 24; 



