436 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



PL King, 17; California, 40-45; E. Sts., 6; PL WheeL, 10; W. 

 Tex.. 8. 



Phacelia pursliii Buckl. Am. Jour. Sci. XLV, 172 (1844). 

 P. fimbnata Pursh, F1. Am. (1814) not Michx. 

 Cosmanthus fimbriatus A. DC. Prodr. IX, 297 (1845). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 359; Chap., Fl.S. St. 355; Upham, 

 FL Minn. 109: Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 162; Cov., Fl. Ark. 205. 



North America: W. Penn. to Minn. ; S. to Tenn., N. 

 Car., Alab. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. E. edge; rare or doubt- 

 ful; woods and shaded banks. 



XCII. BORRAGINACEAE. Borage Family. 



Lindl., Veg. King. 655 (1846); Lehm., PL Asp. (1818) — Asperifoliae; 

 Endlicher, Gen. PI. 643 (1836-40)— C'o>-dtoceae,- LiudL, Veg. King. 653 (1846) 

 — Ehretiaceae; Bentham and Hooker, Gen. PI. II, 832 (1876); Baillon, Hist. 

 PI. X, 343 (1891)— excl. Hydrophyllaceae. 



Genera: 75; (B. and H. — 68); cosmopolitan; especially 

 abundant in the Orient. 



Species: 1250±; 3-4 doubtful fossils in Tertiary; ^o?-- 

 aginiies. 



ONOSMODIUM Michx. FL Bor.-Am. I, 132 (1803), 

 Purshia Spreng. Lehm. Asperif. 382 (1818). 

 Osmocliiim Raf. N. Y, Med. Rep. II, V, 350 (1808). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. X, 384; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 859; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Plian. 284. 



Living species: 6; N. America and Mexico. N. Amer.. 

 4; S. Sts., 2; Canada, 2; Rocky mts.. 1; E. Sts., 1; PL WheeL, 

 1; W. Tex., 2. 



Oiiosmodiuiii carolinianuni (Lam.) DC. Prodr. X, 70 (1846). 



Lithospermum carolinianuni Lam. 111. and Enc. Meth. Suppl. II, 

 837 (1811). 



Purshia mollis LEnM. Asper. 383 (1821). 

 Onosmodium molle Beck, Bot. (1833). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 366; Coult , Fl. Colo. 264; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 135; Upham., Fl. Minn. 106; Chap., Fl. Si St. 331: Mac, Fl. Can 

 I, 342; Cov., Fl. Ark. 206; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 206; Coult., Fl. Tex. 288. 



North America: Ont., W. N. Y. and Penn. to Minn., 

 Colo, and Neb.; S. to Ga., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Districts E. of Pommes des Torres river; 

 river banks and edges of sloughs. 



Herb.: ?Snndherg 443, Cannon Falls; Ballard 185, 

 Jordan, Scott Co. ; Taylor 644, Minnesota lake; Herb. Moyer 

 180, Montevideo. 



