STATE GEOLOGIST. 67 



borne first by a river, and thence given to a town and county, is stated by Keating to 

 be from the Chippewa word for this fruit, "anepeminan, which name has been short- 

 ened and corrupted into Pembina (Viburnum Oxycoccos)." Narrative of Long's Expe- 

 dition, vol. ii, p. 38 ; see also p. 127. 



RIJBIACE^. Madder Family. 



GALiIUM, L. Bedstuaw. Cleavers. 



G. Aparine, L. Cleavers. Goose-Grass. 



Stearns county, ikfrs. Blaisdell; Minneapolis, Roherts; Faribault, Miss Beane; Good- 

 hue county, Sandberg- common at Hesper, Iowa, Mrs. Carter-^ frequent in Emmet 

 county, Iowa, Cratty. 



G. aspi'elliiiii, Michx. Rough Bedstraw. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



G. coucinnum, Torr. & Gra}'. Bedstraw. 



Minneapolis, Robert-^; Blue Earth county, Leihenj; Martin county (abundant), 

 Cratty; Fergus Falls. Leonard. South. 



G. trifiduiii, L. (G. tinctorium, L.) Small Bedstraw. Dyer's Cleavers. 



Common, or frequent, throuahout the state; exhibiting within our limits, the three 

 varieties mentioned by Gray's Manual. 



G. trifiduni, L., var. pusilluin, Gray. Small Beistraw. Dyer's Cleavers. 

 Pembina, Havard. North. 



G. triflduili, L., var. latifoliuiii, Torr. Dyer's Cleavers. 

 Minneapolis, Roberts. 



G. trifloruni, Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw, 



Throughout the state; common northward, frequent southward. 



G. circtezans, Miclix. Wild Licorice. , 



Lapham. Bare. Southeast. 



G. lanceolatuin, Torr. Wild Licorice. 

 Goodhue county, Sandbei-y. Rare. East. 



G.boreale, L. Northern Bedstraw. 

 Abundant, or common, throughout the state. 



CEPHALANTHUS, L. Button-bush. 



C. occidentalis, L. Button-bush. 



Lapham. Taylor's Falls, Roberts; shore of lake Pepin in Wisconsin, Miss Man- 

 ning. South, 



MITCHELL.A, L. rAUTRIDGE-BERRY. 



M. repens, L. Partridge-berry. 



St. Croix river. Parry, Miss Field; upper Mississippi river. Garrison; northern Kan- 

 abec county (common), Upham; abundant at Taylor's Falls and Duluth, Miss Cathcart. 



HOUSTONIA, Gronov. Houstonia. 

 H. purpurea, L., var. longifolia, Gray. Houstonia. 



Frequent throughout most of the state. Gooseberry river, lake Superior, Juni; 

 St. Louis river, Houghton-^ lake of the Woods, Dawson; and thence south at least to 



