240 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Siberia: A. ivolfgangiana (Bess.) Trautv. PL Sib. 

 Bor. 9= our plant? 



North America: Man., Mich., Ills, to Mo.; W. to Colo., 

 Mont., Saskatchewan, Brit. Col., Coast range, Mackenzie, 

 Alaska, beyond Arctic circle; alt. of 10,500 ft. in Colo. 



Minn, valley; Prairies and f of est openings through- 

 out; most abundant E. and N. 



Herb.: Oestlund 2, Ramsey Co. ; Sandherg 2, Good- 

 hue Co.; J^assi*6e 2, Minneapolis; Taylor 745, Glen wood; Shel- 

 don 1188, New Ulm; Herb. Wickersheim 5, Idlewild; Herb. 

 Univ. Hammond 7, Lake City; Herb. Sheldon 1685, Minneapolis; 

 Sheldon 1827, St. Paul; Herb. Moyer 2, Montevideo. 



CLEMATIS Linn. Gen. 460 (1737). 

 Atrag-eue Linn. Gen. 695 (1737). 

 Navarelia DC. Syst. Veg. I, 187 (1818). 

 Cheiropsis DC 1. c (1818). 

 Meclatis Spach, Suit. Buff. Vil, 257 (1839). 

 Viorna Pers. Syn. I (1805). 

 Viticella Moench, Meth. (1794). 

 Flammiila DC. 1. c. (1818). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. I, 87; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 3: Engler and 

 Prantl, Nat. Pfianz. 3, II, 62; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 1: O. Kuntze, Eev. 

 Gen. PI. I, 2: Schenck, Pakophyt. 508: Gray, III. Gen. I, 13, 15. 



Species: 200-t- described; 66 (Kuntze); probably 

 ±175; most temperate and tropical regions. Russia, 12; 

 Europe, 8; European Russia, 5; N. America, 25; W. Tex., 5; 

 Calif., 4; S. Sts., 9; E. Sts., 8; R. mts., 5; Can., 4; PI. Wheel., 

 4-5; PI. King, 3. 



Fossil species: Pliocene or Quaternary of Japan 

 (Nathorst); Tertiary of Europe {EUmghausen, Heer, A. Br.). 



Clematis virgiiiiana Linn. Amoen. 4, 275 (1755). 



Clematis corclata PuRsn, Fl. Am. I, 384 (1814). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 35; Chap., Fl So. St. 4; Webb., 

 Fl. ISTeb. 117: Britt.,Fl. N. J. 33; Upham, Fl. Minn. 17; Mac, Fl. Can. 1,11. 

 Gov., Fl. Ark. 162; Wats., Bibl. Ind I, 11. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to L. Winni- 

 peg; S. in E. U. S. to Fla. and La.; W. to E. Neb., Ark. and N. 



Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; Fort Snelling; Shakopee; 

 New Ulm; Morton; Glenwood; Swedes Forest; Morris; river 

 banks, with underbrush. 



Herb.: Taylor 839, Glenwood; Sheldon 939, Redwood 

 Falls; Ballard 028, Chaska; Ballard 220, Jordan; Sheldon 730. 

 Sleepy Eye; Ballard 750, Waconia; Herrick 1, Minneapolis; 



