LIST OP HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 159 



HERB.: Taylor 945, Glen wood; Sheldon 311, Madison 

 Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 819, Glenwood; Taylor 199, 

 Janesville; Taylor 710, Minnesota lake; Taylor 30, Elysian; 

 Sheldon 700, Waseca; Kassube 238, Minneapolis; Juni 15, Min- 

 neapolis; Sandberg 565, Red Wing; and in var. puverulenta 

 (Michx.); Sheldon 212\, Lake Washington, Blue Earth Co.; 

 Sheldon 382, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Herb. Sheld. 1891, 

 Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 120. Mankato; Herb. Wicker- 

 sheim 121, Idle wild, Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 235 , var. puveru- 

 lenta (Michx.), Montevideo. 



XVIII. AMARYLLIDACEAE. Amaryllis Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 147 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 711 

 (1883); Pax, in JEngler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 97 (1887). 

 Genera: 70; temperate and warmer regions. 

 Species: 700; principally subtropical. 



HYPOXIS LINN. Gen. ed. VI, 417 (1764) 



Janthe, Spiloxene SALISB. Gen. PI. Fragm. 44 (1822?). 

 Niobea WILLD. Rel. Schult. Syst. VII, 762 (1830). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 717; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 415; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 121 (Pax). 



Living species: 50; tropical regions; Australia; N. 

 America; S. Africa and Mascerene Isls. N. America, 2 ; 

 Rocky mts., 1;E. Sts., 2; S. Sts., 2. 



Hypoxis erecta LINN. Spec. ed. 2, 439 (1762). 



H. carolinensis MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 188 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 517; Britt., Fl. N. J. 238; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 142; Mac., Fl. Can. II. 26; Webb., Fl.Neb. 108; Chap.,Fl. S. St. 

 468; Cov. Fl. Ark. 223. 



North America: Prairie region of Can. from Assini- 

 boia to Ont.; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Neb., 

 E. Kan. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; meadows and hillsides. 

 HERB.: Taylor 347, Janesville; Bollard 277, Jordan, 

 Scott Co. ; Herrick 300, Minneapolis; Kassube 235, Minneapolis; 

 Sandberg 560, Cannon Falls; Hammond 40, Ilake City; Herb. 

 Sheld. 1841, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 119, Idlewild r 

 Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 232, Black Oak lake, Chippewa Co. 



XIX. DIOSCOREACEAE. Yam Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI 157 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III, 741 

 (1883); Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 131 (1887). 

 Genera: 9 living; 2 extinct. Warmer regions. 

 Species: 175 ; 5-6 extinct. 



