LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PROUUCING PLANTS. 375 



LXXVII. OENOTHERACEAE. Evening- 

 Primrose Family. 



Endlicher, Qen. PI. 1118 (1836-40); Lindl., Veg. King. 724 (1846)— Ona- 

 graceae; Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant, I, 785 (1862-1867); Baillon, Hist. 

 PI. VI, 458 (1877)— excl. Halorrhagidaceae. 



Genera: 16-20; temperate regions; rarer in the tropics. 

 Species: 300-350; a few fossil in Tertiary. 



ISNARDIA Linn. Gen. 842 (1737). 

 Liulvvigia Linn. Corr. 943 (1737). 

 Prieiiria DC. Prodr. Ill, 58 (1828). 

 Nematopyxis MiQ. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, 630 (1859). 

 Dantia Tnou. Gen. Nov. Mad. 49 (1806?). 

 Jussiaea Linn. Gen. 538 (1737). 

 Cubospermum Lour. Fl, Coch. 275(1790). 

 Vigiera Velloz. Fl. Flum. II, 73, 74 (1827). 

 Corynostigma Persl, Epim. 218 (1844). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. Aa, 491; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. 1, 788; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Pkan. 140; O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. I, 250. 



Living species: 60 ±; Europe, Asia, Africa, N. Amer- 

 ica, and most tropical regions. North America, 24; S. Sts., 20; 

 E. Sts., 10; Canada, 2-3; California, 2. 



Isnardia palustris Linn. Spec. 120 (1753). 

 Ludivigia apetala Walt. Fl. Car. 89 (1788). 

 L. nitida Micnx. Fl. N. Am. I, 87 (1803). 

 L. palustris Ell. Sk. I, 211 (1821). 



Isnardia palustris \ar. americana DC. Prodr. Ill, 61 (1828). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 188; Britt., Fl. N. J. 109; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 168; Chap., Fl. S. St. 142; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 158; Upham, Fl. 

 Minn. 58; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 217; Coult., 

 Fl. Tex. 113: Cov., Fl. Ark. 183; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 375; Greene, Fl. Fran. 

 227. 



Europe; S. Africa; W. Asia. 



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

 ewan; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. ; W. to Minn., Neb., Ark. 

 and W. Tex.; also, Sierra Co., Calif., and Oregon. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co. ; rare; 

 swamps and low meadows. 



Isnardia polycarpa (Short and Peter) OK. Rev. Gen. I, 

 251 (1891). 



Liidwigia polycarpa S. and P. Suppl. PI. Ky. II, 7 (1833). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 188; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 58; Cov., Fl. Ark. 183; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 376. 



North America: Mass. and Conn, to Mich., Minn., 

 Neb.. Kan., Ark. and Ky. 



