LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 157 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 530; Britt., Fl. N. J. 245; Uphani, 

 Fl. Minn. 144; Chap., Fl. S. St. 478; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 48; Engl., Nat. 

 Pflanz. II, 5, 84. 



North America: N. S., Q., Ont., Man.; S. to N. J. and 

 N. Car. ; W. to Minn, and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; rich woodland and 

 shaded riverbanks. 



HERB.: Taylor 120, Janesville; Ballard 202, Jordan, 

 Scott Co.; Sandberg 566, Chisago lake; var. album (Pursh) 

 = Sandberg 567, Red Wing; Sandbery 568, Red Wing; var. 

 declinatum Gray=Holzinger 280, Winona; Nerrick 302, Minne- 

 apolis; Arthur 103, Vermilion lake; Herrick303, St. Louis river; 

 Bailey 231, Vermilion lake. 



Trillium recurvatum BECK, Bot. (1833). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 530; Upham, Fl. Minn. 144. 



North America: Ohio and Ind. to 111. Minn., Mo. 

 and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from Rice Co.; doubtful or 

 rare. 



Trillium sessile LINN. Spec. (1753). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 530; Upham, Fl. Minn 144; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 477; Cov., Fl. Ark. 225. 



North America: Penn. to Fla. ; W. to Minn, and Ark. 

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

 doubtful; damp woods and shaded banks. 



SMILAX LINN. Gen. 751 (1737). 



Kemexia RAF. Mcd. Fl. II, 264 (1830). 

 Coprosmanthus KUNTH, Enum. V, 263 (1850). 

 Parillax RAF. Med. Fl. 1. c. (1830). 

 Pleiosmilax SEEM. Jour. Bot. 193 (1868). 



Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III. 763; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 420; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 88 (Engler); Schenck, Palaeophyt. 

 362, 363. 



Living species : 200 ; especially in the tropics, but 



extending to temperate N. America, E. Asia and the Mediter- 

 ranean region. Europe, 3; Russia, 2; N. America, 14; E. Sts., 

 12; California, 1; Canada, 3; S. Sts., 10; Rocky mts., 1. 



Fossil species: A large number described, but many 

 doubtful. Tertiary Eocene and Miocene. Greenland (Heer); 

 S. France (Saporta)-, W. America ( Lesquereaux) ; Baltic region, 

 amber (Conwentz). 



Smilax hispid a MUHL. Cat. 97 (1813). 

 ? S. rotundifolia WILLD. Spec. IV, 779 (1805). 

 S. grandifolioL BUCKL. in Herb. Boiss. 



