300 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; dry land or high, sunny 

 hillsides, and on bluffs and headlands. 



Herb.: Ballard 186, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 793, 

 Glenwood; Wickersheim 2, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Oesflund 40, 

 Ramsey Co.; Kassube 68, Minneapolis; Sandberg 166, Goodhue 

 Co.; Sandberg i^7, Cannon Palls; Hammond 15, Lake City; 

 Herb. Sheld. -?85i, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 5^, Idlewild; 

 Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 72, Carlton lake, Montevideo. 



Oeiim rivale Linn. Spec. 501 (1753). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 95; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 82; Upham, Fl. Minn. 49; Hook., Fl.Gt. Brit. 122; Mac.Fl. Can. 

 1,133, 515; Led., Fl. Eoss. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 

 46; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 112; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 3, 37: Wats., 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 284; Hart., Fl. Scand. I. 291. 



Europe; N. and W. Asia and Australasia to S. America. 



North America: Labrador, Newf., N. S., N. Br. to Q., 

 Ont, Man. and Brit. Col.; S. to N. J. ; W. to Minn., Dak., 

 Mont., Colo, and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Reported from Nicollet Co., doubtful; 

 more certainly in vicinity of Ft. Snelling; wet fields and 

 springs. 



Herb. : Bailey 350, Mud river. 



Geiim strictum Ait. Hort. Kew. II, 217 (1789). 



G. canadense Murk. Com. Goett. V, 34 (1790) ytot Jacq. 

 G. ranunculoides Seringe, DO. Prodr. II, 551 (1825). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 94; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 49; Coult., Fl. Colo. 82; Webb., Fl. Neb. 128: Mac, Fl. Can. I, 

 133; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 269; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.: 

 Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 229; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 46: Engl. Focke, Nat. 

 Pflanzen. Ill, 3, 37; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 285. 



Mid. Russia; Siberia, China and Kamtk. ; Kurile Isls. ; 

 New Zealand; Japan; Corea; S. America. 



North America: N. S. to Coast range in Brit. Col.; 

 Newf. to N. Eng., N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Kan., Colo, 

 and Arizona 



Minn, valley: Throughout; damp edges of woods and 

 in meadows. 



Herb. : Ballard 492, Prior's lake, Scott Co. ; Taylor 

 674, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 997, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1182, 

 NeM' Ulm; Taylor 547, Janesville; Ballard 369, Helena, Scott 

 Co. ; Sheldon 691, Waseca; Ballard 225, Jordan, Scott Co ; Tay- 

 lor 797, Glenwood; Sheldon 1301, Lake Benton; Herrick 89, 

 Minneapolis; Roberts 28, Duluth; Roberts 29, Grand Marais; 

 Kassube 67, Minneapolis; Herrick 90, Minneapolis; Sandberg 

 165, Cannon Palls; Herb. Shctd. /696, Minneapolis. 



