220 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



BaillOD, Hist PI. IX, 109; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 147; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 29; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b, 70 (Pax). 



Living species: 300+; 480+ described; 250 (Durand); 

 31-f, N. America; 12-15, S. Africa; the rest in the Mediter- 

 ranean region and extra- tropical Asia. Russia, 70; Europe, 

 150+; Russian Europe, 37; Calif., 22; Canada, 12-15; E. Sts., 

 8; S. Sts., 9; W. Tex., 2; PL King, 5; PI. Wheel., 6; Rock}'- 

 mts., 6. 



Sileiie antirrhiiia Linn. Spec. 419 (1753). 



Saponaria dioica CnA3i. and Schl. Linn. I, 38 (1826). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 84; Coult., Fl. Colo. 32; Webb.. 

 Fl. Neb. 114; Chap., Fl. S. St. 52; Upham, Fl. Minn. 32; Britt., Fl. N. J. 

 61; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 63; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 67; Engl. Pax, Nat 

 Pflanz. Ill, 1, 72; Coult., Fl. Tex. 29; Greene, Fl. Fran. 116; Wats., King 

 Exp. 36, 432; Cov., Fl. Ark. 168; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 106. 



North America: Ottawa to Vancouver; S. to Calif., 

 Colo., Tex., and E. to Maine and Fla. ; Gt. Basin. 



Minn, valley: Forest region and wooded banks; es 

 pecially E. and S. ; open places in woods. 



Herb.: Sheldon 713, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 476, Janes- 

 ville; Ballard 248, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Ballard 589, Crystal lake, 

 Scott Co.; Kassiibe 42, Mendota; Holzinger 37, Winona Co.; 

 Herrick 50, Minneapolis; Sandberg 92, Cannon Falls. 



Sileiie virginica Linn. Spec. 419 (1753) in part. 

 S. catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 141 (1788). 

 S. coccinea Moencii, Suppl. 306(1802). 

 Melandryum viryinicum A. Br. Reg. Flora (1843). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 84; Britt.. Fl. N. J. 61; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 31; Chap., Fl. S. >t. 51; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 67; Wats., King Exp. 

 431; Cov., Fl. Ark. 168; Wats., Bibl. Ind. 110. 



North America: S. W. Ont., W. N. Y. to N. J.; S. to 

 Tenn. ; W. to Minn. , Ark. and Nev. 



Minn, valley: Nicollet Co. ; local and rare. 



Sileiie alba Muhl. Cat. (1818). 



Cucubalm niveus Nutt. Gen. I, 287 (1818). 

 Sileiie nivea DC. Prodr. I, 377 (1824). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 84; Upham, Fl. Minn. 31; Wats., 

 King Exp. 431; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 108. 



North America: Penn. to Iowa and Minn. 

 Minn, valley: S. and E. ; rare; localities like S. siel- 

 laia (Linn.). 



Herb.: ifo/sm/ycr 36*, Winona Co. ; Sandberg 91, Can- 

 non Falls. 



