LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. . 187 



Living species: 2; S. Europe and the Orient, 1; Japan, 

 N. America and Mexico, 1. 



Fossil species: 6 Tertiary, Greenland, Aix, Switz- 

 erland. Japan {Saporiit., Heer, Nalhoi'st); O. osirya (Linn.) in 

 Tertiary of Japan. 



Ostrya ostrya (Linn.). 



Carpinus osti-ya Linn. Spec. 998 (1753) in pcirt. 

 C. virginiana Mill. Diet. (1768). 

 C. triflora Moench, Meth. 394 (1794). 

 C. osti-ya var. americana Michx. F1. N. Am. II, 202 (1803). 

 Ostrya virginica Willd. Spec. IV, 469 (1805). 

 0. virginiana Koch, Dendr. II, 2, 8 11873). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 474; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 430; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 222; Webb., Fl. Neb. 109; Chap., Fl. S. St. 426; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 127; Gov., Fl. Ark. 220; Engl. Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 1, 43. 

 Japan. 



North America: Cape Breton, N. S., N. Br., N. Su- 

 perior region to Man. ; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. ; W. to 

 Minn.. Neb., Wyom., Kan., Ark., and S. to Mexico. 



Minn, valley: Throughout, principally forest district ; 

 rich woods and along streams. 



Herb. : Ballard 293ii, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Taylor 884, 

 Glenwood; Ballard 396, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Holzinger 255, Wi- 

 nona Bluffs; Oesilund 178, Hennepin Co. ; Sandberg 501, Cannon 

 Falls; Bailey 232, Vermilion lake; Herb. Sheld. 1740, Minne- 

 apolis; Herb. Moyer 224, Carlton lake, Chippewa Co. 



CORYLUS Linn. Gen. 730 (1737). 

 Baillon, Hist PL VI, 255; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 406; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Plian. 381; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 43; Sctienck, 

 Palaeophyt. 422. 



Living species: 7; Middle and S. Europe, the Orient, 

 Central and E. Asia and N. Amer. Europe, 3; Russia, 1; 

 Russian Europe, 1; N. America, 2; Atl. states, 2; Pac. states, 

 1; Asia, 4. 



Fossil species: 13; Tertiary, N. Greenland, Spitz- 

 bergen, Shetland, Africa, Japan, Amurland, Himalayas, China, 

 Saghalin, Grinnell-Land, Alaska, Wyoming, Nebraska (Heer, 

 Lesqtiereaux, Nathorst, linger, etc.); Quaternary — interglacial, 

 Hanover. 



Coryliis rostrata Ait. Hort. Kew. HI, 364 (1789). 

 ? C. avellana Led. Fl. Ross. Ill, 588 (1851) in part. 

 C. rostrata var, mandsdiurica Regel, Veg. Amur. 489 (1858). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 474; Britt., Fl. N. J. 222; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 439; Chap., Fl. S. St. 425; Upham, Fl. Minn. 127; Coult., Fl. 



