LIST OP HIGHER SEED-PKODUCING PLANTS. 223 



Vermilion lake; Sandberg 94, Tower; Holzinger 38, Goodhue 

 Co.; Holzinger 39, Winona Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1720, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Moger 39, Chippewa river near Montevideo. 



CERASTIUM LINN. Gen. 376 (1737). 



Dichodon BARTL. Endl. Gen. 970 (1836-40). 

 Moenchia EHRH. Beitr. II, 177 (1788). 

 Pentaple REICH. Ic. Fl. Germ. V, 37 (1842). 

 Dufourea GREN. ex Endl. Gen. 967 (1836-40). 

 Esmarckia REICH. Ic. Fl. Germ. V, 227 (1842). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 148; Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 112. Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 30; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b. 80-81 (Pax): 

 Gray, 111. Gen. II, 39. 



Living species: 60 ; 100 described; 40 (B. and H.); 

 45 (Durand); Russia, 35; Europe, 39; Russian Europe, 18; 

 9-11, North America; Canada, 9; 'mid. Calif., 4; S. Sis., 4; E. 

 Sts., 2; Rocky mts., 3; PL King, 3; PL Wheel., 3; W. Tex., 2. 



Cerastium arvense LINN. Spec. 438 (1753). 



C. pennsylvanicum HORNEM. Hort. Hafn. 435 (1813). 

 C. elongatum and tenuifoUum PURSH, Fl. Am. 321 (1814). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 88; Britt., Fl. N. J. 62; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 33; Coult., FL Colo. 33; Brew, and Wats., FL Calif, I, 67; 

 Hook.,Fl. Gt. Brit. 60; Chap., Fl. S. St. 50; Regel, FL O.-Sib. I, 444 

 Mac., Fl. Can. I, 77: Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 66; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 412; 

 Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Eur. Russ. 28; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 100; Engl. Pax, 

 Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 1, 80; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 71; Wats., King Exp. 38; 

 Greene, Fl. Fran. 121. 



Arctic Europe; N. Africa; Siberia; W. Asia; Patagonia; 

 Chile. 



North America: N. S. to Vancouver; N. U. S. from 

 Maine to Va.; W. to Minn., Colo., Utah, Nev. and Calif. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; but rare; less common E. 

 than W.; dry or rocky places. 



HERB.: ? Sandberg 98, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker- 

 sheim 24, Idlewild. Lincoln Co.; Sheldon 1490, Pipestone city. 



Cerastium arvense LINN. var. bracteatum (RAF.). 



C. awense PURSH. FL Am. 231 (1814). 



C. villosum MUHL. Cat. 46 (1813 . 



C. bracteatum RAF. Prec. Decouv. 36 (1817). 



C. pubescens GOLDIE, Edin. Phil. Journ. IV, 328 (1821). 



C. oblongifolium TORR. FL U. S. 460 (1824. 



(7. pennsylvanicum HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 104 (1833). 



C. arvense var. oblongifolium BRITT. and HOLL. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 88; Upham, Fl, Minn. 32; Regel, 

 Fl. O.-Sib. I, 445; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 77; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 66; 

 Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 28; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 1, 80: Wats., Bibl. 

 Ind. I, 101. 



