LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PROUUCING PLANTS. 215 



Eiixolus Raf. F1. Tell. 42 (1836). 



Pentreas Raf. 1. c. (1836). 



Albersia Kunth, F1. Berol. ed. 2, 144 (1838). 



Meng-ea Schauer, PI. Meyen 405 (1842?). 



Sfleropus Schrad. Ind. Gott. (1835). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. IX, 200, part; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 28; 

 Durand, Ind. Gen. Plum. 333. 



Living species: 50 ± ; all warmer and tropical regions. 

 Europe, 8; Russia, 8; Russian Europe, 7; North America, 15; 

 S. Sts., 4; E. Sts., 3; Rocky mts., 5; California, 9; PL Wheel., 

 6; PI. King, 3; Canada, 5 — introduced. 



Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. XII, 

 273 (1878). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 428; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Mac , 

 Fl. Can. I, 397; Coult., Fl. Colo. 305; Wats., Fl. Calif. 11, 41: Upham, Fl. 

 Minn. 118; Greene, Fl. Fran. 163. 



North America: Mex. to N. Nev., Iowa and Minn.; 

 naturalized in Ont. and on Pac. coast. 



Minn, valley: W. districts and E. to Mankato; road- 

 sides and waste places. 



Herb. : Sheldon 1541, Lake Benton ; Taylor 877, 

 Glenwood. 



XXXV. PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed 

 Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 310 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. 1, 858 

 (1865); III, 78 (1880); Heimerl, EnK^ler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I h, 1 

 (18891. 



Genera: 23; tropical and warmer regions. 50 per 

 cent, tropical American. 



Species: 85 ± ; principally in the tropics. 



PHYTOLACCA Linn. Gen. 384(1737). 



Phytolaca and Sarcoca Raf. Fl. Tell. 627 (1836). 

 Pircunia Moq. DC. Prodr. xiii, II, 29 (1849). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL IV, 50; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III, 84; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 340; Engler and Prantl, N(.a. Pflanz. 3, I b, 10 (Heimerl). 

 Living species: 11; widely distributed, but absent 

 from Australia. America, 6; Old World. 5; U. S., 1; Europe 

 and Russia, 1. 



Phytolacca decandra Linn. Spec. 631 (1753). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 4.36; Britt., Fl. N J. 208; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 116; Chap., Fl. S. St. 375: Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 

 Mac, Fl. Can. I, 405; Cov., Fl. Ark. 215; Engl. Fleimerl, Nat. Ptlanz. Ill, 

 1, 8-10. 



