36 TWEIFTH AMXUAL RErORT. 



L. iisitatissi»ni))i, L. {'om)no)i FUtx. 



Sometimes adventive in fields : Minneapolis ; Blue Earth county ; Kedwooil Fa'ls ; 

 Luverne. 



GERANIACE.E. ({eranium Family. 



GEKANIU31, L. Cranesbill. 



G. inaciilatuin. h. Wild Cranesliill. 



Common, often abundant, through tlie tiouth half of the state ; extending northwest 

 to Clay county, G((/(/e, the upper :Misslssippi river, Gairisoii, and tlie mouth of Kainy 

 river, ^[a<oun. 



G. Caroliiiiauiini, L. Carolina Cranesbill. 



Uonmion, or frequent, throughout the state; most plentiful northward, 



G. Roljertiannni, L. Herb Roberf. 



Falls of the St. Croix, Pany^ Fergus Falls, Lcmrtnl-^ extending west to the lake of 

 the Woods, Macoun. Nortli. 



ERODIUM, L'Her. Stokksbill. Heron's-bill. 



E cicHtariinn, L'Her. StorlshiU. Heron' s-h'iU . 



Jlinneapolis, Juni, Knssuhc, Bohcrt.i:. Rare. An abundant weed in the PaciQe 

 states and in some districts eastward. 



IMPATIENS, L. Balsam. Jewel-weed. Toccir-ME->'OT. 



I. pallida, Nutt. Pale Touch-me-not. 



Throughout the state ; in many portions infrequent or rare ; common at New Clm, 

 Juni, and in Blue Eartli county, Lcibi:ni\ abundant iu ."Martin county. Cra?^i/, and on 

 the south shore of Ued lalie, 3f fe« Bahhitt. 



I. fulva, Nutt. Spotted Touch-me-not. 



Common throughout the state. C'At Beaver B.iy a spotless variety, with less re- 

 flected spur, was common and grew intermingled with the ordinary form, without show- 

 ing any signs of intergradation." Eoh<rti<.) 



OXAIjIS, L. Wood-Sorrel. Oxalis 



O. Acetosella, L. Common Wood-Sorrel. 



Common north of lake Superior, Rohertx-^ lake of the Woods, .Urtroini; extending 

 northwest to the Saskatchewan, lUcnnrdson. North. 



O. violacea, L. Violet Wood-Sorrel. 



Common through the south half of the state to Pipestone county, Mrs. B'jiiiii:tt\ 

 extending north to the upper Missisippi river, Gnrrisnii^ and in the Red river valley at 

 least to Clay county, Galgc. (Hcrricl: reports, besides the type, a variety that bears 

 white flowers, occurring quite frequently in the vicniity of Castle Rock, Dakota county ; 

 and Miss Bahiiitt finds the same at Little Falls. Succulent flower-bearing scapes, dot 

 accompanied by leaves, are occasionally seen in September |t"/)/if(Hij. "The usual 

 occurrence of a white, carrot-shaped root beneath the ordinary scaly bulb'' of fthis 

 species is noticed by fio/je/7s, in the ^loieiicim XafnraJisI for August, 1879. See also 

 Am. Nat., vol. xvi, pp. 13-19.) 



O. corniculata, L., var. .stvicta, Sav. (0. stiicta, L ) Yellow Wood-Sor- 

 rel. Lulies' Scrrel. 

 Common throughout the state. 



