332 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Lotus aniericaiius (Nutt.) Bisch. Hort. Held. (1839). 



L. se7-ice?(sPuKSH, Fl. Am. 489 (1814) not DC. 

 Trigonella americana Nutt. Gen. II, 120(1818). 

 Hosackia unifoliolata Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 135 (1833). 

 Acmispon sericeum Raf. N. Fl. I, 53 (1836). 

 Hosackia pilosa Nutt. T. and G. Fl. I, 327, 692 (1838). 



H. pursMana Benth. Bot. Reg. 1256 ( ). 



Wats, and Coult.. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 131; Webb., Fl.Neb. 132; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 42; Coult. Fl. Colo. 56; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 137; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 91; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 108; II, 316; Coult., Fl.Tex. 75; Greene, Fl. 

 Fran. 16; Roth., Wheel Exp. 43, 92, 359; Wats., King Exp. 63, 434; Cov., 

 Fl. Ark. 174; Wats.. Bibl. Ind. I, 226. 



North America: Brit. Col. and Vancouver to Man.; 

 S. to Washington, Calif., N. Mex. and Mexico; E. to Mont., 

 Dak., Minn., Neb., Ark. and N. Car. (local). 



Minn, valley: Far W., and E. to Redwood Co. and the 

 Chippewa river; dry prairies, gravelly shores and banks. 



Herb.: Sheldon IJfSQ, Dakota line near Elkton; Herb. 

 Menzel 12, Pipestone City. 



LUPINUS Linn. Gen. 586 (1737). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. II, 334; Benth. and Hook., Gen, PI. I, 480; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 90. 



Living species: 100 ± described; to be considerably 

 reduced. North America, especially westward, to Bolivia and 

 Brazil; a few around the Mediterranean and in tropical Africa. 

 Russia, 3; Europe, 13; North America, 54-60; California, 50±; 

 Canada 16-18 (Brit. Col. especially); Rocky mts., 13-15; PI. 

 King, 22; PI. Wheel., 21; W. Tex., 2; E. Sts., 2; S. Sts. 3. 



Lupinus pereimis Linn. Spec. 721 (1753). 



L. perennis var. occidentalis Wats. Rev. Lup. 526 (1875). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 128; Britt., Fl. N. J. 80; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 41; Chap., Fl. S. Sts. 89; Mac, Fl. Can. 1, 102, 505; Wats., Bibl. 

 Ind. I, 240. 



North America: Toronto to L. Huron reg.; S. to N. 

 Eng., N. J. and Fla. ; W. to Minn., Mo. and Miss. 



Minn, valley: N. E. district and perhaps along N. 

 edge; Ft. Snelling to Litchfield; dry or sandy places. 



Herb.: Sandberg 124, Marine Mills; Holzinger 50, 

 Winona Co.; Kassube 5i, Minneapolis; Lewis 2, Minneapolis; 

 Sandstein 1, Lake Johanna. 



LIII. GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 



Endlichcr, Gen. PL 1166(1840); Lindl., TV/. King. 365 ( 1846)- Tu-ian- 

 iaceae; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 269 (1862)— excl. genus Tropaeolum, 



