LIST OF HIGHER SEED PRODUCING PLANTS. 145 



Minn, valley : Throughout; common; grassy places, 

 fields, hillsides and meadows. 



HERB. : Sheldon 744, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 553, Waseca; 

 Sheldon 1539, Lake Benton; Taylor 472, Janesville; Ballard 166, 

 Shakopee; Sandberg 571, Red Wing; Oestlund 198, Hennepin 

 Co.; Herri ck 304, Minneapolis; Kassube 240, Minneapolis; Herb. 

 Sheld. 191S, Ramsey Co.; Herb. Moyer 237, Camp Release, 

 Chippewa Co. 



MELANTHIUM LINN. Gen. ed. II, Appx. (1742). 



Leimanthium WILLD. Gesell. Nat. Berl. Mag. II, 24 (1802). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. III. 834; Durand, Ind. Gen. Pfian. 432; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 24 (Engler). 



Living species: 3; Atlantic N. America. E. Sts., 3; 

 Canada, 1; S. Sts., 1. 



Melanthium virginicum LINN. Spec. 339 (1753). 



Helonias virginica SIMS, Bot. Mag. 285 ( )? 



Leimanthium virginicum WILLD. Mag. Naturf. II, 24 (1808). 

 Zygadenus virginicus KUNTH, Enum. IV, 195(1843). 

 Melanthium hybridum PURSH, Fl. Am. 212 (1814). 

 Leimanthium hybridum HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 177 (1840). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 533; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 51; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 245; Chap., Fl. S. St. 488; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. II, 5, 24: Cov., Fl. 

 Ark. 226. 



North America: Ont. ? to N. Eng. ; S. to N. Car. and 



Fla.? W. to Minn., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. E. district; rare or 

 doubtful; wet meadows. 



YERATRUM LINN. Gen. 769 (1737). 



Acedilanthus TRATJTV. Midden. Reise, Fl, Okh. 94 (1864?). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. III. 834 ; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 432; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 24 (Engler). 



Living species: 9; forest regions of N. hemisphere. 

 Russia, 4; Europe, 2; N. America, 5; California, 2; E. Sts., 3; 

 Canada, 1; S. Sts., 3; Rocky mts., 1; PI. King, 2; PL Wheel., 2. 



Yeratrum viricle AIT. Hort. Kew. Ill, 896 (1789). 

 V. album MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 249 (1803). 



Helonias viridis SIMS, Bot. Mag. 1096 ( 1? 



Veratrum eschscholtzii GRAY, in Rothr. Alask. 456 (1867). 

 V. album var. eschscholtzii DAWSON, Bound Eep. 374 (1875). 

 ? V. album var. viridis REGEL, Fl. Ussur. 153 (1862). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 534; Britt., Fl. N. J. 245; Mac., Fl. 

 an. II, 51; Upharn, Fl. Minn., 144; Chap., Fl. S. St. 489; Wats., Fl. Calif. 

 II, 182; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 115?; Wats., King Exp. 344; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. 

 11,5,24. 

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