218 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Genera: 17; Talinum and Portulaca are in all tropical 

 and subtropical regions; other genera less widely distributed; 

 found in temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



Species : 150 ; principally in temperate regions 

 approaching the tropics. 



TALINUM ADANS. Fam. PI. II, 245 (1763). 



Phemeranthus RAF. Speech. I, 56 (1814). 

 ? Eutmou RAF. Atl. Journ. V, 23 (1820?). 



Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 68; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 157; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 31; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I 6, 56; Gray, 111. 

 Gen. I, 225. 



Living species: 15+; Cape of Good Hope, 1 ; trop. Af- 

 rica, 3; the rest in tropical and warmer America; N. America, 

 8; W. Tex., 4-5; S. Sts., 1; Rocky mts., 1; E. Sts., 1; PL King, 

 1; PI. Wheel., 3-4. 



Talinum teretifolium PURSH, Fl. Am. 365 (1814). 

 Phemeranthus teretifolius RAF. Speech. I, 86 (1814). 

 Talinum ciliatum WALP. Rep. II, 934 (1843). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 91; Coult., Fl. Colo. 37; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 115; Upham, Fl. Minn. 33: Chap , FL S. St. 44; Engl. Pax, Nat. 

 Pflanz. Ill, 1, 56; Cov., Fl. Ark. 169; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 121. 



North America: Penn. to N. Car.; W. to Ind., Minn., 

 Neb. , Colo, and Ark. 



Minn, valley: New Ulm to Ortonville; edges of gneiss, 

 syenite or quartzite rock; especially in bed of the Warren. 



HERB.: Sheldon 1446, Pipestone City; Sheldon 1200, 

 Redstone, near New Ulm; Herb. Moyer 41, Montevideo. 



CLAYTONIA LINN. Gen. 849 (1737). 



Li in ilia LINN. Act. Ups. 130 (1746). 



Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 68; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 158; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 31; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I 6, 57 (Pax); Gray, 

 111. Gen- 223; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I, 56. 



Living species: 20 ; Arctic regions in N. Hemis- 

 phere; especially W. and N. in America and E. in Siberia; 

 possibly 1 sp. in Australia and New Zealand. Russia, 11; N. 

 America, 16-17; Calif., 13; Canada, 15-16; E. Sts., 2; Rocky 

 mts., 5-6; S. Sts., 2; PI. King, 5; PI. Wheel., 5; Central 

 Calif., 8. 



CJaytonia virginica LINN. Spec. 204 (1753). 

 C. acutiflora SWEET, Hort. Brit. 2 ed. (1830). 

 C. grandiflora SWEET, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2 ser. 216 (1831-1838). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 91; Britt., Fl N. J. 66; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 34; Webb., Fl. Eeb. 115; Chap., Fl. S. St. 44; Wats., Bibl. Ind. 

 I, 119; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 82; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 1, 57; Cov., Fl. 

 Ark. 169; Rothr., Alask. 446. 



