LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 199 



Urtica capitata PuRSH, Fl. Atq. 113 (1814). 

 Duretia cylindrica Gaudich. Uran. 499 (1826). 

 Bothmeria cylindrica var. B. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II (1840). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 466; Britt., Fl. N. J. 218; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 432; Chap., Fl. S. St. 414; Upham, Fl. Minn. 125; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 219: Engl., Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 1, 111. 



North America: N. Eng., Ont. to Minn.; S. to N. J. 

 and Fla. ; W. to Dak. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. W. district; infre- 

 quent or rare; moist woods and shaded river banks. 



PARIETARIA Linn. Gen. 771 (1737). 



Freiria and Tliauinuria Gaudich. Freyc. Voy. Bot, 502 (1826). 

 Gesnouiiiia Gaudich. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 502 (1826). 

 Helxiiie Req. Ann. Scl. Nat. 1, V, 384 (1824). 

 Soleirolia Gaudich. 1. c. (1826). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. Ill, 534; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. III. 392, 393; 

 Durand, Ind. Gen. Plum. 378; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 115, 

 116 (Engler). 



Living species: 9; temperate regions; scarce in trop- 

 ics; N. America, 2; 1, Atl. region; 1, Pac. region. 



Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. Willd. Spec. IV, 955(1805). 



P. debilis var. pensylvanica Wedd. Monog. 516 (1856). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 466; Britt., Fl. N. J. 418; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 4.32; Upham, Fl. Minn. 125; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill; Wats., Fl. 

 Calif. II, 65; Chap., Fl. S. St. 413; Coult., Fl. Colo. 331. 



North America: Ont. to N. W. T., N. Brit. Col. and 

 Rocky mts. ; S. to Colo, and N. E. Nev.; E. across cont. to E. 

 Mass., Vt. and Ga. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; local; banks and edges of 

 woods; not infrequent. 



Herb. : Taylor 413, Buffalo lake, Waseca Co. ; Sheldon 

 792, Sleepy Eye; Ballard 407, Jordan, Scott Co.; Holziiiger 212, 

 Winona Co. ; Holzinger 213, Winona Co. ; Herrick 273, Minne- 

 apolis; Oestlund 173, Minneapolis; Oestlund 174, Hennepin Co. 



XXX. SANTALACEAE. Sandal-wood Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 324, 1378 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. 

 Ill, 217 (1880) excl. Tribus IV, Grubbieae; Hieronymus in Engler and 

 Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 202 (1889). 



Genera: 26 living; 1 fossil; tropical and temperate 

 regions; distributional centers (1) S. Africa; (2) Malay Arch- 

 ipelago; (3) S. America and Australia; (4) N. temperate region ; 

 (Hieronymus). 



Species: 250 ± living; 12-15 fossil; Tertiary. 



