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North America: Milk river, Cyprus hills, 49 N. lat. 

 to Minn. , Neb. and Tex. ; E. to Iowa, W. to Cent. Idaho. 



Minn, valley: N. E. and N, W districts ; probably 

 almost throughout; dry or rocky ridges. 



HERB.: ? Oestlund 155, Minneapolis; ? Herrick 256, 

 Minneapolis. 



Mirabilis hirsutus (PURSH). 



Allionia hirsuta PURSH, Fl. Am. 729 (1814). 

 Calymenia hirsuta NUTT. Gen. I, 26 (1818). 

 Oxybaphus hirsutus SAVEET, Hort. Brit. 567 (1827). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 425; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 395; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 114; Upham, Fl. Minn. 116; Coult., Fl. Colo. 302; Wats., King. 

 Exp. 475; Both., Wheel. Exp. 226. 



North America: N. Saskatchewan and Assiniboia to 

 Colo., Neb., W. Tex., Ark. and Wise. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant in prairie dis- 

 trict; rocky or dry banks. 



HERB.: Taylor 870, Glenwood; Sheldon 1342, Lake 

 Benton; Taylor 139, Glenwood; Sheldon 1446, Pipestone dwarf 

 forma minima; Bollard 376, Jordan; Herrick 257, Minneapolis; 

 Oestlund 254, Minneapolis; Sandberg 477, Red Wing; Herb. 

 Moyer 212, Montevideo. 



Mirabilis nyctagineus (Micnx.). 



Allionia nyctaginea MICHX. Fl. I, 100 (1803). 

 Oxybaphus nyctagineus SWEET, Hort. Brit. 537 (1827). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 425; Upham, Fl. Minn. 116; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 395; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Coult., Fl. Colo. 302; Roth., Wheel. 

 Exp. 226; Wats., King. Exp. 475; Cov., Fl. Ark. 214. 



North America: Souris river and Lake of Woods, 

 Man.; S. to Mont., Tex. and N. Mex. ; E. to Wise., Neb., Ark. 

 and La. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rocky or waste hillsides 

 and shaded banks. 



HERB. : Bollard 370, Helena, Scott Co. ; Taylor 592, 

 Minnesota lake; Bollard 762, Waconia; Sheldon 1107, Spring- 

 field; Sheldon 366, Madison Lake; Taylor 340, Janesville; Shel- 

 don 1577, Lake Benton; Oesilund 153, Minneapolis; Holzinger 

 194, Winona Co.; Herrick 256, Minneapolis; Kassube 972, Men- 

 dota; Sandberg 476, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1 743, Minne- 

 apolis; Herb. Moyer. 211, Montevideo. 



XXXVII. PORTULACACEAE. Portulaca 

 Family, 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 946 (1840r, Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. I, 155 (1865); 

 Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz 3, I b, 51 (1889). 



