LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 385 



Selkirks, Bear lake, Alaska and Puget Sound; S. to N. J.; W. 

 to Minn, and Ark. ; S. to Colo. in. mts. ; S. to California alon g 

 Sierras and Coast range. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rising near the surface of 

 deep water in ponds and lakes. 



Herb.: Taylor 319, Janesville; Ballard 901, Waconia; 

 Ballard 863, Page lake, Carver Co. ; Ballard 602, Prior's lake, 

 Scott Co.; Ballard 448, Prior's lake, Scott Co.; Taylor 1049, 

 Glenwood; Sheldon 433, Lake Elysian, Waseca Co.; Sheldon 

 871, Duck lake, Blue Earth Co.; Oestlund 57, Minneapolis; 

 Bailey 368, Mud river; Sheldon 316, Madison Lake, Blue Earth 

 Co. 



LXXIX. ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 793 (1836-40): Endlicher, Gen. PL 328 (1836-40) 

 — Hehoingiaceo.e ; Seem., Journ. Bot. II, I Y (1864-66) — Hederaceae; Benth- 

 am and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 931 (1862-67); Baillon, Hist. PI. VII, 175 

 (1880)— Trib. VI, sub OmbeWfn-es. 



Genera: 25 (Baillon); 38 (B. andH.); tropical regions, 

 a few temperate and 1-2 in Antarctic islands. 



Species: 400 ± living; 40-50 fossil; Cretaceous (Low- 

 er) to Pliocene. 



ARALIA Linn. Gen. 251 (1737). 



Aureliana Lafit. Mem. Gins. (1718). 

 Dimorphanthus MiQ. Comm. Phyt. 95(1838). 

 Baillon, Hist.Pl.Yll, 244; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 936; Du- 

 rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 166; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 604, 



Living species: 35; tropical and E. temp. Asia; N. 

 America to Mexico. North America, 10; E. Sts., 6; Canada, 5; 

 Rocky mts., 2; S. Sts., 6; California, 1 



Fossil species: Lower Cretaceous, Potomac, Virginia 

 (Fo7i/ome— Araliophyllum) ; Upper Cretaceous, Kansas, Europe 

 {Lesquereaux, Heer); Tertiary (i^eer) Greenland; France {Sa- 

 porta) ; Westphalia (Schimper — Araliophyllum) ; several species 

 described; many of them doubtful. 



Aralia trifolia (Linn.) Decn. and Planch. Rev. Hortic. 

 104 (1854). 



Pa7iax trifolium Linn. Spec. 1058 (1753). 

 P. lanceolatum Raf. N. F1. IV, 57 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 213; Britt., F). N. J. 119; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 189; Upham, Fl. Minn. 63; Chap., Fl. S. St. 167; Wats., BibL 

 Ind. I, 436. 



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