178 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Scoria minima (Marsh). 



Juylans alba-minima Marsh. Arbust. Amer. 68 (1785). 

 /. angustifolia Lam. Enc. Meth. IV, 504 (1797). 

 J. amara MiCHX. Sylv. I, 177 (1810). 

 Hicoria amara Raf. F1. Lud. 109 (1817). 

 Carya amara Nutt. Gen. II, 222 (1818). 

 Hicoria minima Britt. Torr. Bull. XV, (1888). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed.; Upham, Fl. Minn. 125. 



Minn, valley: Forest district, throughout; damp 

 woods and banks of streams. 



Herb. : Sheldon 312, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; 

 Ballard 88, Chaska; Sheldon 814, Sigel township, Brown Co. ; 

 Herrick 274, Minnetonka; Leiberg 59, Blue Earth Co. ; Holzinger 

 252, Winona Co. 



Scoria ovata (Mill.). 



Juylans ovata Mill. Diet. (1768). 

 ?J. squamosa Lam. Enc. Meth. IV, 504(1797). 

 J. compressa Gaertn. Fruct. II, 50 (1791). 

 /. alba MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 193 (1803). 

 Carya microcarpa Nutt. Gen. II, 221 (1818). 

 a alba Nutt. Gen. II, 221 (1818). 

 Hicoria ovata Britt. Torr. Bull. XV, (1888). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 468; Mac. Fl. Can. I, 433; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 110; Chap., Fl. S.St. 418; Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. 

 Ill, 1, 25: Upham, Fl. Minn. 125. 



North America: N. of Lake Erie and to St. Clair 

 river; N. Eng., N. J. to Fla. ; W. to Minn., Neb,, Kan. and N. 



Mex. 



Minn, valley: Reported from the S. E. edge; rich 



woodland. 

 XXIIL MYRiCACEAE. Sweet-Gale Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 270 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pi III, 400 

 (1880); Engler, in Eyiyler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 26 (1887). 



Genera: 1; temperate and warmer regions except 

 Australia. Tertiary distribution principally European and N. 

 American to Greenland; and Asia to Saghalin. 



Species: 35 ±; fossil sp. very numerous. 



MYKICA Linn. Gen. 744 (1737). 



Naj^eia Gaektn. Fruct. I, 191 (1788'. 

 Morella LouK. Cochinch, 548 (1790). 

 Coinptonia Banks, Gaertn. Fruct. II, 58 t. 90(1791). 

 Faya Wkish. Phyt. Can. IV, 272 (1847). 

 Gale Spacii. Suit. ButT. XI, 258 (1842). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VI. 259: Menth. and Hook., Gen. Pl.lII. 400; Durand, 

 Lid. Gen. Phan. 380; Englor and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I. 27 (Engler); 

 Schenck, Palaeophyt. 452. 



