LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 417 



F. canadensis Gaektn. Fruct. I, 122 (1788). 

 F. epiptera MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 256 (1803). 

 F. discolor Muhl. Cat. Ill (1813). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 335; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 316: Up- 

 ham, Fl. Minn. 115; Webb., Fl. Neb. 140; Chap., Fl. S. St. 369; Britt, Fl. 

 N. J. 167; Cov., Fl. Ark. 202; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 74; Eng:l. Knobl., Nat. 

 Pflanz. lY, 2, 7; Coult., Fl. Tex. 259 in var. 



North America: N. S., N. Br. to Owen Sound and 

 Minn.; S. to Neb., Kan. and Ark.; E. to N. Eng., N. J., Fla. 

 and La. Var. in Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rich woods and banks of 

 lakes and streams. 



Herb.: Taylor 484, Janesville; Taylor 704, Minnesota 

 lake; Taylor 816, Glenwood; Taylor 526, Mud lake, Waseca Co. ;. 

 Ballard 550, Spring lake, Scott Co.; Sheldon 855, Sleepy Eye; 

 Taylor 1020, Glenwood; Bailey 117, Vermilion lake; Oesflund 

 152, Hennepin Co.; Holzinger 192, Winona Co.; Herb. Sheld. 

 1907, Minneapolis. 



LXXXVI. GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Famifyv 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 599 (18.36-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen, 

 Plant. II, 799 (1876); Baillon, Hist. PI. X, 113 (1891). 



Genera: -45; temperate regions; a few in tropics and 

 boreal regions. 



Species: 550-600; widely distributed; a few fossil 

 forms from Tertiary rocks. 



MENYANTHE8 Linn. Gen. 117 (1737) em. Benth. 1. c, 

 (1876). 



Menonantlies Hall. Fl. Helv. 633 (1742). 

 BailloD, Hist. PI. X, 144; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 819; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 278; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 763. 



Living species: 2; Europe; Asia — mts. and N. ; N. 

 America. ], Europe, Asia, N. America; 1, W. N. Amer. and 

 Russia. N. Amer., 2. 



Fossil species: 2; Tertiary, Greenland, Lausanne, 

 etc. (Heer); doubtful. 



Menyanthes trifoliata Linn. Spec. 207 (1753). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 353; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 327; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 173; Upham, Fl. Minn. 113; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I. 485- 

 Nym., Fl. Eur.; Led., Fl. Ross. III. 76; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 273; Miyabe, 

 Fl. Kur. 251; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 88; Wats., King. Exp. 281; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. II, 1, 128; Hart., Fl. Scand. 1, 102; Webb., Appx. Neb. 40. 



Iceland and N. Russia to Spain and Servia; Siberia to 

 N. W. India, Japan and Kurile Isls. 



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