164 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; to Kasota; N. E. and N. 

 districts; bogs and damp woodland. 



Herb. : Ballard 16, Chaska; Kassuhe 232, Minneapolis; 

 Holzinger 275, Winona Co. ; Ballard 1003, Zumbrota; Holzincjer 

 276, Winona Co. ; Hammond 39, Lake City; Herb. S held. 1642, 

 Lake Calhoun, Hennepin Co. ; 1676, Minneapolis; 1901, Ramsey 

 Co. 



Cypripediluni randidum Muhl. Willd. Spec. IV, 142(1805). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 510: Britt., Fl. N. J. 236; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 109; Upham, Fl Minn. 142. 



North America: N. Y., N. J., Penn. to Minn., Neb., 

 Mo., Ky. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and W. to Pomme des 

 Terre valley; local or infrequent; bogs and wet woods. 



Herb. : Leiberg 72, Blue Earth Co. ; Kassube 231, Min- 

 neapolis; Sandherg 555, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1902, Ram- 

 sey Co. ; Herb. Moyer 231, Sparta township, Chippewa Co. 



Cypripediliim arietenum R. Br. Hort. Kew. V, 222 (1813). 

 Cryosanthes borealis Raf. Jour. Phys. LXXXIX, 102 (1819 1. 

 Arietinum americanum Beck, Bot. 352 (1833). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 510; Upham, Fl. Minn. 142; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. II, 20; Engl. Pfltzer, Nat. Pflanz. II, 6, 83. 



North America: Q. , Ont. to Saskatchewan; S. to Maine, 

 N. N. Y., Mich, and Minn. 



Minn, valley: N. W. district and N. edge; infrequent 

 or local; swamps and wet forests. 



Herb.: Tatjlor 1122, Glenwood; G^efZ/je i^, Riverton. 



ORCHIS Linn. Gen. 681 (1737) p. p. 



Traiinsteinera Reichb. Fl. Sax. 87 (1842). 

 Strateunia Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. I, 290 (1812). 

 Barlia Parlat. Fl. It. Ill, 445 (1862?). 

 Loroglo.ssum L. C. Rich. Mem. Mus. Par. IV, 47 (1808). 

 Himantogios.sum Spkeng. Syst. Ill, 675 (1826). 

 Coiiiperia C. Keen, Linn. XXII, 287 (1848). 

 Anacamptis L. C. Rich. Mem. Mu-». Par. IV, 47 (1808). 

 Aceras R. I3r. Ait. Ilorfe. Kew. ed. 2, V, 191 (1813). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. Fl. Ill, 620, 621; Durand, Ind. Gen. P/a()i.402; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pjlanz. 2, VI, 88, 8i), 90(Ptltzer); Schenck, PalaM- 

 phyt. 388. 



Living species: 75-80; Europe; temperate Asia; N. 



Africa; Canaries; N. America. Europe, 75; N. America, 3; 

 Canaries, 2; Russia, 25; Russian Europe, 25; Atl. N. America: 

 Canada, 3; E. Sts., 2; S. Sts., 1. 



Fossils: 2 genera of Orchidaceae are described by 

 Massalongo from Eocene of Mt. Bolca. 



