LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 155 



Minn, valley: Throughout; common; woods and shady 

 banks of lakes and streams. 



HERB.: Taylor 118a, Janesville; Bollard 67, Chaska; 

 Sheldon 41, Elysian; Taylor 34, Elysian; Oestlund 201, Hennepin 

 Co. ; Holzinger 287, Winona Co. ; Herrick 314, Minneapolis; Sand- 

 berg 584, Cannon Falls; Hammond 4-5, Lake City; Herb. Wicker- 

 sheim 126, Lake Benton. 



Polygonatum biflorum (WALT,) ELL Sk. (1823). 

 Convallaria Uflora WALT. Fl. Car. 122 (1788). 

 C. multiflora MICHX. Fl. I, 202 (1803). 



Polygonatum angustifolium, ? canaliculatum, pubescens, ?hirtum, lati- 

 folium and multiflorum PURSH, Fl. I, 234-235 (1814). 



Convallaria parviftora Pom. Suppl. Enc. Meth. IV, 29 (1816). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 525; Britt., Fl. N. J. 240; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. II, 28; Chap., Fl. S. St. 481; Upham, Fl. Minn. 146; Engl., Nat. 

 Pflanz, II, 5, 81; Cov., Fl. Ark. 224; Webb., Appx. Neb. 26. ^ 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound, 

 Georgian Bay and S. Man,; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. 

 to Minn., Neb., E. Kan., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; frequent; woods and shady 

 banks of lakes and streams. 



HERB.: Taylor 262, Janesville; Sheldon 116, Madison 

 Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Bollard 69, Chaska; Holzinger 286, Winona 

 Co.; Herrick 313, Minneapolis; Kassube246, Minneapolis; Sand- 

 berg 583, Cannon Falls; Hammond, 43, Lake City^ Herb. Moyer 

 240, Carlton lake, near Montevideo. 



MEDEOLA LINN. Gen. 305 (1737). 

 Gyromia NUTT Gen. I, 238 (1818). 



Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III, 833; Durand, Ind. Gen. Plian. 432; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 83 (Engler). 



Living species: 1; Atlantic N. America. 



Medeola virginiana LINN. Spec. 839 (1753). 

 M. virginica LINN. Spec, ed 2 (1762). 

 Gyromia virginica NUTT. Gen. I, 238 (1818). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 530; Britt., Fl. N. J. 244; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 144; Mac., FL Can. II, 48; Chap., Fl. S. St. 479: Engl.,Nat. Pflanz 

 II, 5, 83; Cov., Fl. Ark. 225. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound 

 and Georgian Bay; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Mid. Fla.; W. to Minn., 

 Ind. and Ark. 



Minn valley: Reported from N. E. district; rare; rich 

 woodland and banks of streams. 



