LIST OF HIGHER SEED PRODUCING PLANTS. 197 



Urtica gracilis AIT. Hort. Kew. I, 341 (1789). 

 . U. dioica MICHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 112 (1803). 

 U. procera PURSH, Fl. Am. I, 113 (1814). 

 17. dioica var. procera WEDD. DC. Prodr. XVI, 1, 52 (1869). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 465; Britt., Fl. N. J. 217; Coult. r 

 Fl. Colo. 330; Mac.. Fl. Can. I, 430; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill; Upham, Fl, 

 Minn. 124; Chap., Fl. S. St. 412; Wats., King Exp. 321; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 

 238; Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Bothr., Alask. 454? 



North America: N. S. to Saskatchewan and Rockies; 

 N. to Ft. Franklin on Mackenzie; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Ga.; W. 

 to Colo., Neb. and Ark 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; banks of streams, 

 edges of fields and moist banks. 



HERB. : Taylor 841, Glenwood; Taylor 186, Janesville; 

 Taylor 304, Janesville; Bollard 361, Helena, Scott Co.; Sheldon 

 362a, Elysian; Sheldon 834, Sleepy Eye; Kassube 214, Minne- 

 apolis; Herrick 270, Minneapolis; Oestlund 172, Minneapolis; 

 Bailey 267, Vermilion lake; Herb. Sheld. 1700, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Moyer 221, Montevideo. 



LAPORTEA GAUDICH. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 498 (1826). 

 Disocarpus LIEBM. K. Dan. Vid. Sel. Schr. 5, II, 308 (1851). 

 Dendrocnide MIQ. PI. Jungh. I, 29 (1851). 

 Sclepsion RAF. MSS. ex Baillon, 1. c. (1872). 

 Urticastrum MOEHR. Hort. Priv. (1736). 



Baillon, Hist. PI. Ill, 519; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 634; Benth. and 

 Hook., Gen. PL III. 383; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 377; Engler and Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 106 (Engler). 



Living species: 25; tropical regions and a few in extra- 

 tropical N. America; S. Sts., 1; E. Sts., 1; Canada, 1; Rocky 

 mts., 1; U. S., 1-2. 



Laportea canadensis (LiNN.) GAUDICH. Uran. 498 (1826). 

 Urtica canadensis LINN. Spec. 1397 (1753). 

 U. divaricata PURSH, Fl. Am. 113 (1814). 

 Sclepsion divaricatum RAF. MSS. 

 Urtica whitlow MUHL. Cat. (1818). 

 Fkurya canadensis B. and H. Fl. Nig. 517 (1849). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 465; Britt., Fl. N. J. 218: Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 331; Mac., Fl. Can. 431; Webb., Fl. Neb. Ill; Chap., Fl. S. St. 

 413; Upham, Fl. Minn. 124; Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Engl., Nat Pflanz. Ill, 

 1, 106. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Sault Ste. 



Marie; S. to N. J. and Fla.; W. to Kan., Neb. and Dak. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; damp and rich 

 woodland and shaded river banks. 



HERB.: Sheldon 40, Elysian; Shvldon 460, Madison 

 Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Sheldon 854, Sleepy Eye; Ballard70&> 



