194 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; rich woods and 

 around lakes. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1579, Lake Benton; Sheldon 380, 

 Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Oestlund 171, Hennepin Co. ; 

 Sandherg 493, Goodhue Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1908, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Mayer 219, Chippewa river, near Montevideo. 



Ulnius fulva Michx. F1. N. Am. I, 172 (1803). 

 TJ. amencana Linn. Herb. Banks. 

 U. pubescens Walt. F1. Car. Ill (1788). 

 77. atnericana var. nibra Ait. Hort. Kew. J, 319 (1789). 

 U. crispa Willd. Enum. 295 (1809). 

 U. rubra MiCHX. f. Sylv. Ill, 138 (1819). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 462; Britt., Fl. N. J. 2lf ; Mac. Fl. 

 Can. I, 427; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill: Chap., Fl. S. St. 416; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 124; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 357: Cov., Fl. Ark. 218; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 

 1, 62. 



North America: Q., Ont., to Georgian bay; S. to N. 

 Eng., N. J. and W. Fla.; W. to Dak., Neb , Kan., Ark. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and W. at least to 

 Pomme des Terres valley; along streams and in rich woods. 



Herb. : Taylor 423, Janesville; Sheldon 286, Madison 

 Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Holzinger 209, Winona. Co. ; Bailey 237, 

 Vermilion lake; Holzinger 210, Winona Co.; Herb. Moyer 218, 

 Montevideo. 



CELTIS Linn. Gen. 844 (1737). 



Soleno-stigiiia Endl. Prodr. Norf. 41 (1833). 

 Mertensia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et. Spec. II, 30 (1817). 

 3Iomisia Dum. An. Fam. 17 (1829). 

 Baillon, Hist. Pi. VI, 186; Benth. and Hook., (7eu. PI. Ill, 354; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 373; Engler and Prantl, Nat. PJlanz. 3, I, 63; Schenck, 

 Palaeophyt. 474. 



Living species: 50; temperate regions, especially 

 N. and in the tropics. Europe, 2; Russian Europe, 1; Tex. 4-5; 

 Rocky mts., 1; E. Sts., 1; Canada, 1; S. Sts., 1; N. America, 5-6. 

 Fossil species: 12-15 described; Oligocene, Miocene, 

 Atlantic America, Colorado, Japan, Germany {Lesquereaux, 

 Saporta, Goppert). 



Celtis occidentalis Linn. Spec. ed. 2, 1478 (1762). 



C. ohli'jua MoKNCii, Moth. 344(1794). 

 C. crassifolia Lam. Enc. Meth. IV, 138(1797). 

 C. pumila Puusii, Fl. 200 (1814). 

 ?C. canina Raf. Am. Mo. Mag. (1808?). 



C. mississipjjiensis Bosc. Diet. Ag. n. ed. X, 41 ( ). 



C. <dba DC. Prodr. XVII, 177 (1873). 



