268 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Nicollet Co. Glen five miles above Man- 

 kato. Reported as local. 



ERYSIMUM LINN. Gen. 545 (1737). 



Braya S. and H. DC. Syst. II, 210 (1821). 

 Platypetalum R. BR. Appx. Parr. Voy. 266 (1823). 

 Strophades Boiss. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. XVII, 73 (1842). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI III, 240; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI I, 79; Engler 

 andPrantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 193 (Prantl); Durand, Ind. Phan. Gen. 15; 

 Gray, 111 Gen. I, 149; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I, 27. 



Living species: 125 described; 80 clearly defined; 

 Southern Europe, Mediterranean region and the Orient; also 

 Central Asia and North America; Himalayas and Mexico; Rus- 

 sia, 30; Europe, 30; Russian Europe, 19; North America, 4-5; 

 E. Sts., 3; Calif. 1; Rocky mts., 4; W. Tex., 1; S. Sts., 1; Can- 

 ada, 3; PL King, 2; PI. Wheel., 5. 



Erysimum inconspicuum (S. WATS.). 



Erysimum parviflorum NUTT. T. and G. Fl. I, 95 (1838), not Pers. 

 E. lanceolatum HOOK. FL Bor.-Am. I, 64(1833) not R. Br. 

 E. asperum var. inconspicuum S. WATSON, King. Exp. 24 (1871). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 71; Coult., Fl. Colo. 22; Brew, 

 and Wats. FL Calif. I, 39; Upham, FL Minn. 25; Mac., FL Can. I, 45, 487; 

 Wats., Bibl. Ind. I. 63. 



North America: Saskatchewan to Brit. Col. and N. 

 W. T.; Alaska 62 45' N.; E. to Man. and Minn.; S. to Kan. 



Minn, valley: Sparingly, throughout; along railway 

 tracks and sandy banks. 



HERB. : Sheldon 361, Madison Lake; Upham 1, Minne- 

 apolis; Holzinger 23, Winona; Sandberg 66, Red Wing. 



Erysimum asperum (NUTT. ) DC. Syst. II, 505 (1821). 

 Cheiranthus asper NUTT. Gen. II, 69 (1818). 

 Erysimum lanceolatum PURSH, Fl. Am 436 (1814) not H. Br. 

 ? E grandiflorum NUTT. ex Greene, Fl. Fran. 269 (1891). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. ed. 6, 71; Coult., Fl. Colo. 22; Bre'w. 

 and Wats., Fl. Calif. 39; Webb., Fl. Neb. 118 In var.; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 25; Mac., FL Can. I, 45; Coult., FL Tex. 16; Wats,, King Exp. 24; Roth., 

 Wheel. Exp. 64; Cov., FL Ark. 166; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 62; Webb., Appx. 

 Neb. 30. 



North America: Saskatchewan and prairie -region of 

 Can. to Calif., Colo., Arizona and Mexico; E. to Tex., Ohio and 

 Minn. 



Minn, valley: W. and S. W. portions, only; dry sandy 

 prairie at higher levels. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1407, Lake Benton. 



