LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 389 



Minn, valley: E. districts to Cottonwood and Chip- 

 pewa valleys; dry prairies or banks. 



Herb.: Taylor 593, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 1154, 

 Sleepy Eye; Taylor 471, J smesyilie; Sheldo7i 634, Wilton, Waseca 

 Co. ; Sheldon 674, Waseca; Sandberg 216, Cannon Falls. 



POLYTAENIA DC. Mem. Umbel. 53 (1829). 

 BailloD, Hist. Fl. VII, 207 {sub Tordylium Linn); Benth. and Hook., 

 Gen. PL I, 922; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 164. 

 Living species: 1; N. America. 



Poly taenia nuttallii DC. Mem. Umbel. 53 (1829). 

 Pachiloma nuttallii Raf. N. Fl. IV, 33 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 203; Webb., Fl. Neb. 124; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 121; Upham, Fl. Minn. 60; Coult., Fl. Tex. 142; Chap., Suppl S. 

 St. 623; Cov., Fl. Ark. 186; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 431; C. and R., Rev. N. A. 

 Umb. 49. 



North America: Colo, and Minn, to Neb., Ind., La. 

 and E. Tex. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. E. edge; no Minn, 

 specimens seen. 



HERACLEUM Linn. Gen. 231 (1737). 

 Sphonclylium Tourn. Inst. 319 (1700). 

 Barysoma Bunge, Del. Seni. Dorpat. (1839). 

 WeiKlia HOFFM. Umb. 136 (1814). 

 Tordyliopsis DC. Prodr. IV, 199 (1830). 

 Trigoiiosciadiiiin Boiss. Ann. sci. Nat. ser. 3, I, 344 (1844). 

 Stenotaenia Boiss. 1. c. 339 (1844). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VII, 205; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 921; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 164. 



Living species: 80 described, 60 distinct (Durand); 

 temperate northern regions of old world; 1 sp. N. America. 



Heracleum lanatiim Michx. Fl. N. Am. I, 166 (ISOS). 



H. spondylium Nutt. Gen. I, 181 (1818). 

 H. panaces Spreng. Syst. I, 912 (1825) in pa?-*. 

 H. auritum BiscH. Del. Sem. Heid. (1839). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 202; Brltt., Fl. N. J. 118; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 124; Mac, Fl. Can. 1, 187; Chap., Fl S. St. 165; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 60; Coult., Fl. Colo. 121; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 271; Forbes and 

 Hems., Fl. Sin. 336; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 323; Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 236; Coult., 

 Fl. Tex. 141; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 134; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 423; C. and R., 

 Rev. N. A. Umb. 48. 



Altai Siberia, Manchuria, Japan, Saghalin, Kurile 

 Isls. and Kamtk. ; Russian Asia, N. 



North America: Newf. and Labrador to N. J., N. Car. 

 and Ky. ; W. to Brit. Col., Alaska, Calif., Washington; S. to 

 Minn., Colo., Neb., Tex. 



