408 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



West of Rockies, Selkirks, Columbia river and N. W. T. ; S. to 

 Minn., Penn., N. J. and in Appalachians to N. Car. 



Minn, valley: N. W. and N. E. ; tamarack swamps; 

 rare; sphagnum marshes. 



Herb. : Roberts 76, Devil's Neck river; Sandberg 377, 

 Center City. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Adans. Pam. PI. II, 165 (1763). 

 Comaro.staphylis Zucc. Nov. Stirp. II. 24 (1843). 

 Mairania Neck. Elem. I, 219 (1790). 

 Zerobotrys Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc. 2, VIII, 267 (1843). 

 Daphnido.staphylis Klotzsch, Linn XXIV, 78 (1850). 

 Xylococcus Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. I. c. 258 (1843). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 581: Durand, £nd. Gen. 242: Engler 

 and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 48; Schenck, Falaeophyt. 721; Baillon, Hist. 

 PL IX, 191. 



Living species: 18; North America, boreal regions 

 principally; 1 sp. around N. hemisphere. California, 12; Can- 

 ada, 4; E. Sts., 2. 



Fossil species: A. wi;a-M7*si in diluvial rocks of Europe, 

 Bovey Tracy. 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Linn.) Spreng. Syst. II. 287 

 (1825). 



Arbutus uva-ursi Linn Spec. (1753). 

 Arctostaphylos officinalis Wimmer, F1. Sib. 2 (1829). 

 Daphnidostaphylis fenclleriana KLOTZSon, Linn. XXIV, 81 (1850). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 315: Britt., Fl. N. J. 159; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 295; Upham, Fl. Minn. 93; Coult., Fl. Colo. 228; Brew, and 

 Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 453; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 251; Miyabe, 

 Fl. Kur. 247; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 909; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 82; Wats., 

 King Exp. 210: Roth., Wheel. Exp. 183; Engl. Drude, Nat. Pflanz. IV, I, 

 49; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 27: Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 319; Webb., Appx. Neb. 36. 

 Circumpolar; Scand. and Shetland to Montenegro and 

 Bosnia; N. Asia to Kamt., Kuriles, Saghalin, Japan and Da 

 huria. 



North America: Greenland and Newf. to Pac. and 

 64 '^ N. lat. ; S. to Calif, in Sierras; S. to N. Mex. in Rockies; E. 

 to Minn., Neb., Mo., N. J. 



Minn, valley: N. E. districts; rare; sandy or rocky 

 knolls. 



Herb. : Sandberg 37 S, White Rock; Roberts 77, Minne- 

 sota point; Roberts78, Knife river. 



OXYCOCCUS LuDW. ex O. Kuntze (1737). 

 Schoil<M-a Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. I, 170 (178S.) 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 575; Durand, Intl. Gen. Plian. 242,- 



