376 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. E. district; low 

 meadows and swamps. 



Herb. : Manning 4, Lake City. 



GAURA Linn. Diss. Chen. 1111 (1751); Gen. ed. V, 425 



(1754). 



Schizocarya Spach, Ann. Mus. IV, 325 (1835). 

 Gauridium Spach, Suit. Buff. IV, 379 (1839). 

 Stenosiphon Spach, Ann. Mus. IV, 326 (1835). 

 ? Heterogaura Roth. Proc. Am. Acad. VI. 354 (1864). 

 ? Gongylocarpus Cham, and Schlecht. Linn. V, 557 (1831). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. VI, 493; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I. 793; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Plum. 141. 



Living species: 20-25; warmer N. America and Mexico. 

 W. Tex., 9-10; Canada, 2; Rocky mts., 4; E. Sts., 4; California, 

 2-3; S. Sts., 3; PI. Wheel., 6-7; PI. King, 2. 



Gaura coccinea Nutt. Pras. Cat. (1813). 



G. marginata Lehm. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 208 (1833). 

 G. glabra Lehm. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 208 (1833). 

 Schizocarpa (?) crispa Spach, Monog. Onag. 58(1838). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 193; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 174; Coult., 

 Fl.Colo. 106; Webb.,Fl. Neb. 126; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 40; Uphara, Fl. 

 Minn. 57, Suppl. 51; Gov., Fl. Ark. 183. 



North America: Red and Saskatchewan valleys to 

 Rocky mts., S. to Mont, and Colo. ; E. to Minn., Neb., Kan. and 

 Ark. 



Minn, valley: W. district from Chippewa valley; high 

 plains and knolls. 



Herb. : Wickersheim 3, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. ; Sheldon 

 1384, Lake Benton; Herb. Moyer 87, Montevideo. 



Gaura biennis Linn. Spec. 347 (1753). 



Pleurundra alba Raf. Fl. Lud. 95 (1817j. 

 Pleurostemon album Raf. Adn. (1820). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 192; Chap., Fl. S. St. 138: Britt., 

 N. J. 110; Upham, Fl. Minn. 57; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 106; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 368; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 174, 521. 



North America: Ont., N. Y., and N. J. to Ga. and 

 Tenn. ; W. to Minn., Dak., Idaho and Neb.; S. to Mo. and Ark. 

 Minn, valley: Reported from S. E. district, but pos- 

 sibly not in the valley; banks and hillsides. 



EPILOBIIIM Linn. Gen. 319 (1737). 



Cliiiinoeueriuin Tausch, Ilort. Canal. I (1823). 

 LyHiiiia<'liion Tausch, 1. c. (1823). 

 Cro.sso.stigina Spach, Ann. Mus. IV, 328 (1835). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. VI, 492; Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. I, 787: Durand, 

 Jnd. Gen. Phan. 140. 



