STATE GEOLOGIST. " 21 



ACT^aSA, L. Baneberry. 



A. spicata, L , var. rubra, Ait. Red Baneberry. 

 Common through the wooded portions of the state. 



A. alba, Bigelow. White Baneberry. 



Common, with same extent as the last. Berries frequently borne on slender, green 

 pedicels. 



NIGELiLA, L. Fennel-flower. 



N. Damascena, L.* Fennel-flower. 



Escaped from cultivation, Mankato, Leiherg. 



MENISPERMACEtE. Moonseed Family. 



MENISPERMUM.L. Moon.'Eed. 



M. Canadense, L. Canadian Moonseed. 



Frequent, often common, southward ; extending north to Todd county and the 

 northwest side of Mille Lacs, Upham; also in the Red river valley near Saint Vincent, 

 Dawson, Harard. (Its long, slender, bitter, yellow root is used by the Sioux as a medi- 

 cine, being called Pejuta zizi; and from this came the name Pejuta zizi, or Yellow 

 Medicine river. T. M. Young.) 



BERBERTDACE^. Baeberry Family. 



BERBERIS, L. Barberry. 



B. vulgaris, L. Common Barherri/. 

 Spontaneous in old fields, Mankato, Leiherg. 



CAULOPHYLLUM, Michx. Blue Cohosh. 



C. thalictroicles, Michx. Blue Cohosh. Pappoose-root. 

 Common, or frequent, excepting northeastward. 



PODOPHYLLUM, L. May-Apple. Mandrake. 



P. peltatum, L. May- Apple, Mandrake. 



Common southeastward, extending north to Goodhue and Kice counties. 



NYMPHJ^ACE^. Water-Lily Family. 



BRASENIA, Schreber. Wateu-Shield. 



B. peltata, Pursh. Water-Shield. 



Rainy lake and lake of the Woods, Maeouii; Pleasant lake, near Saint Cloud, 



*NigeUa Damascena, L. Flowers bluish, rather large, surrounded and overtopped by 

 a finely divided leafy involucre, like the other leaves ; succeeded by a smooth inflated 

 5-celled pod, in which the lining of the cells separates from the outer part. Oray's 

 Field, Forest, and Garden Botany. 



