LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 481 



Mills, Blue Earth Co. ; Ballard 66, Chaska; Taylor 12Jf, Janes- 

 ville; Taylor J 46a, Janesville; Sheldon o24, Waseca; Sheldon "^91, 

 Madison Lake; Sheldon 24-j, Turtle lake, Le Sueur Co. ; Sheldon 

 31, Elysian; Leonard 21, Spring Valley; Sandberg 259, Red 

 Wing; Kassube US, St. Anthony; Bailey 297, St. Louis river; 

 Holzimjer 105, Winona Co. ; Bailey 73, Vermilion lake; Herrick 

 135, Minneapolis; Bailey 275, St. Louis river; Sandberg 260, 

 Goodhue Co. : Herb. Sheld. 1713, Minneapolis; 1762, Ft. Snelling. 



Galium trifldum var. latifolium Torr. F1. U. S. 165 (1824). 

 G. obtusum BiGi5L. I'l. Bost. ed. II, 55 (1824). 

 G. trifidum LiNN. var. obtusum (Bigel.) MacM. MSS. (1891). 

 Wats, and Coult.. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 142: Mac. Fl. Can. I, 201; Chap.. Fl. S. St. 174; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 67; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Coult., Fl. Tex. 162. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. J. and Fla. ; W. 

 to Minn. , Dak , Neb. , Colo, and Tex. 



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

 ground and wooded marshes. 



Herb.: Taylor 996, Glenwood; Ballard 84, Chaska, 

 and 165, Chaska. 



Galium boreale Linn. Spec. 108 (1753). 

 G. bermudianum Muhl. Cat. (1813). 

 G. septentrionale R. and S. Syst. Ill, 253 (1818). 

 G. stnctum Torr. PL N. Y. 23 (1819). 

 G. ruhioides Auct. Araer. 

 "Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Mac, Fl Can. I, 203; Britt., 

 Fl.N. J. 127; Hook.,Fl. Gt. Brit. 194; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 285; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 142; Upham, Fl. Minn. 67; Coult., Fl. Colo. 127; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 

 64?; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 412; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 

 393; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Rotl:., Wheel. Exp. 138; Wats., King Exp. 

 136; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 65. 



N. and C. Europe to Bosnia; Russ. to Caucasus; Si- 

 beria, Dahuria and China. 



North America: Q., Ont. to Rockies and 68° N. lat. ; 

 S. to Maine, N. J. and Penn. ; W. to Minn., Neb., Mont., Colo., 

 N. Mexico, Calif., Oregon and along Pac. coast to Sitka. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; banks of streams 

 and shores of lakes. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1291, Lake Benton; Ballard 108, Car- 

 ver; Ballard 422, New Prague, Scott Co.; Sheldon 227, Lake 

 Washington, Le Sueur Co.; Sheldon 277, Madison Lake; Shel- 

 don 743, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 84, Elysian; Taylor 285, Janes- 

 ville; Taylor 576, Minnesota lake; Taylor 116, Janesville; Tay- 

 lor 867, Glenwood; Sheldon 1179, New Ulm; Leonard 22, Wikoff; 

 Leonard 23, Minneapolis; Holzinger 106, Winona Co.; Kassube 



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