LIST OF HIGHER SEED PRODUCING PLANTS. 197 



Ui'tica gracilis Ait. Hort. Kew. I, 341 (1789). 

 U. dioica Micnx. Fl. N. Am. II, 112 (1803). 

 U. procera Puksh, Fl. Am. I, 113 (1814). 

 U. dioica var. procera Wedd. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1, 52 (1869). 

 Wats, and Coult, Gray's Man. 6 ed. 465; Britt., Fl. N. J. 217; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 3.30; Mac. Fl. Can. I, 430; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill; Upham, FL 

 Minn. 124; Chap., Fl. S. St. 412; Wats., King Exp. 321; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 

 238: Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Rothr., Alask. 454? 



North America: N. S. to Saskatchewan and Rockies; 

 N. to Ft. Frankhn on Mackenzie; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Ga.; W. 

 to Colo., Neb. and Ark 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; banks of streams, 

 edges of fields and moist banks. 



Herb.: Taylor 841, Glenwood; Taijlor 186, Janesville; 

 Taylor 304, Janesville; Ballard 361, Helena, Scott Co.; Sheldon 

 362a, Elysian; Sheldon 834, Sleepy Eye; Kassuhe 214, Minne- 

 apolis; Herrick 270, Minneapolis; Oestlund 172, Mirmeapulis; 

 Bailey 267, Vermilion lake; Herb. Sheld. 1700, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Moyer 221, Montevideo. 



LAPORTEA Gaudich. Preyc. Voy. Bot. 498 (1826). 



Disocarpiis Liebm. K. Dan. Vid. Sel. Schr. 5, II, 308 (1851). 

 Denrtrocnicle MiQ. PI. Jungh. I, 29 (1851). 

 Sclepsion Raf. MSS. ex Baillon, 1. c. (1872). 

 Urticastruin Moeiir. Hort. Priv. (1736). 

 Baillon, Hist. Fl. Ill, 519; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 634; Benth. and 

 Hook., Gen. PI III, 383; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 377; Engler and Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 106 (Engler). 



Living species: 25; tropical regions and a few in extra- 

 tropical N. America; S. Sts., 1; E. Sts., 1; Canada, 1; Rocky 

 mts., 1; U. S., 1-2. 



Laportea canadensis (Linn.) Gaudich. Uran. 498 (1826). 



Urtica canadensis Linn. Spec. 1397 (1753). 



U. divaricata PuRsn, FL Am. 113(1814). 



Sclepsion divaricatiim Raf. MSS. 



Urtica loliitlowi Muhl. Cat. (1818). 



Flexirya canadensis B. and H. Fl. Nig. 517 (1849). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 465; Britt., Fl. N. J. 218: Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 331; Mac, Fl. Can. 431; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill; Chap., Fl. S. St. 

 413; Upham, Fl. Minn. 124; Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Engl., Nat Pflanz. Ill, 

 1, 106. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Sault Ste. 



Marie; S. to N. J. and Fla. ; W. to Kan., Neb. and Dak. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; damp and rich 

 woodland and shaded river banks. 



Herb.: Sheldon 40, Elysian; Sheldon 460, Madison 

 Lake. Blue Earth Co.; Sheldon 854, Sleepy Eye; Ballard 708, 



