456 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1542, Lt^ike Benton; Ballard 463, Vyi- 

 or's lake, Scott Co.; Taylor 982, Glenwood; Taylor 678, Minne- 

 sota lake; Oestlund 132, Minneapolis; Holzimjer 160, Winona 

 Co.; Herrick 220,y[.mned,^o\\&; Holzinger i(>i, Winona; Herb. 

 Moyer 178, 179, Montevideo. 



ISANTHUS MiCHX. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 3, t. 30 (1803). 

 Benth. and Hook, Gen. PL II, 1220; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 330; 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. XI, 76. 



Living species: 1, N. America. 



Isanthiis bracliiatus (Linn.) B. S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888). 



Trichostema hrachiatus Linn. Spec. 834 (1753). 

 Isanthus caeruleus MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 30 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 406; Britt., Fl. N. J. 203; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 103; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 379; Chap., Fl. S. St. 327; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 213; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 349; Coult., Fl. Tex. 332. 



North America: Q., Ont. to N. Eng., N. J., Tenn. and 

 N. Car.; W. to Minn., 111., Mo. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co. ; infre- 

 quent; banks and sandy fields. 



XCV. SOLANACEAE. Nightshade Family. 



Endllcher, Gen. PL 662 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Genera 

 Plant. II, 882 (1876); Baillon, HisL PL IX, 281 (1888); v. Wettstein in Eng- 

 ler and Pmntl, NaL PJlanz. IV, 3 6, 4 (1891). 



Genera: 75; tropical and temperate regions; center in 

 C. and S. America. N. America, 18 gen.; Europe, 10; Asia, 

 15 {v. WeitsL). 



Species: 1500 ±, many doubtfully of sp. rank; 1-2 fos- 

 sil, very doubtful, Solanites. 



PHYSALIS Linn. Gen. 144 (1737). 



Pentapbiltniiu Reich. Nomencl. 4571 (1841). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 330; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 890: Du- 

 rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 287; En},'ler and Prantl, NaL PJlanz. IV, 3 h, 19 (vorv 

 Wettstein). 



Living species: 45; warmer regions of the earth; es- 

 pecially in N. and S. America. Europe, 2; Russia, 1; Japan, 

 3; Africa, S. Asia and Australia, 1; N. America, 18; Rocky 

 mts., 6-7; California and L. Calif., 6; S. Sts., 5; E. Sts., 7-8; 

 Canada, 4; PI. King, 1; PL Wheel., 2; W. Tex., 12. 



Physalis lanceolata Mtchx. Fl. N. Am. I, 149 (1803). 

 P. puuiila NuTT. Trans. Phil. Soc. VII, 193 (1841). 

 P. pennsylvanica Gray, Man. 5 ed. 382(1867). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 375; Webb., Fl. Neb. 136: Mac, 



