LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 399 



mts. of N. Car.; W. to Saskatchewan, N. W. T., Minn., Dak., 

 Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rich woodland and river- 

 banks. 



Herb.: Ballard 134, Chaska; Taylor 894, Glenwood; 

 Sheldon 431, Janesville; Kassuhe 103, Minneapolis; Holzinger 

 91, Winona Co.; Sandberg '228, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker- 

 sheim 54, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. 



LXXXI. CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 798 (1836-40); Endlicher, Gen. PL 1184 (1836-40)— 

 Alangieae; Endlicher, 1. c. 288 — Garryaceae; Eadlicher, I. c. 2Q5—Nyssaceae'- 

 Bentham and Hooker, G?e?i. Plant. I, 927 (1862-67); Baillon, Hist. PI. YII. 

 66 (1880). 



Genera: 8; temperate regions, especially in N. hemi- 

 sphere. 



Species: 85 ± living; 30-40 fossil in Cretaceous, Ter- 

 tiary and Quaternary rocks. 



CORNUS Linn. Gen. 80 (1737). 



Benthamia Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1579 (1833). 

 Microcarpium Spach, Suit. Buff. VIII, 90 (1839). 

 Bentliamidia Spach, Suit. Buff. VIII, 90(1839). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. VII, 79; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 950; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 168; Schenck, Palaeopkyt. 614. 



Living species: 25 ±; Europe; Asia to Himalayas; N. 

 Aiierica; Mexico; Peru. N. America, 18; Canada, 13; E. Sts., 

 9; S. Sts., 6; California, 7; PI. King., 2; PI. Wheel., 1; W. Tex., 

 •4; Rocky mts., 3; Russia, 6; Europe, 4; Russian Europe, 4. 



Fossil species: Several descr. from Upper Cretaceous 

 of Greenland (ffeer); Tertiary, many sp^ies, France {Saporta); 

 Greenland, Alaska, Spitzbergen, Wyoming, Saghalin, Switzer- 

 land (Heer, Lester Ward, Lesquereaux, Newberry); Java 

 {GUppert); 30-40 spec. 



Cornus canadensis Linn. Spec. 117 (1753). 



G. herbacea var. canaden.His Pall. F1. Ro-SS. I, 52 (1784). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 214: Mac, FI. Can. I, 190, 538; 

 Britt., Fl. N. J. 120; Coult., Fl. Colo. 122; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 

 274; Upliam, Fl. Minn. 64; Forbes and Herns., Fl. Sin. 344; Led., Fl. Ross. 

 II, 378; Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 237; Wats., Bi'bl. Ind. I, 438. 



Manchuria; Mid. Japan; E. Corea; Kurile Isls. 

 North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can. ; Alaska; S. to N. 

 J., Ind., Minn., Colo, and Calif. 



Minn, valley: N. W. and N. E. districts; rare or local; 

 cold woods and with tamarack {Larix americana). 



