300 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; dry land or high, sunny 

 hillsides, and on bluffs and headlands. 



HERB.: Bollard 186, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 793, 

 Glenwood; Wickersheim 2, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. ; Oestlund 40, 

 Ramsey Co.; Kassube 68, Minneapolis; Sandberg 166, Goodhue 

 Co.; Sandberg 167, Cannon Falls; Hammond 15, Lake City; 

 Herb. Sheld. 1854, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 36, Idlewild; 

 Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 72, Carlton lake, Montevideo. 



Geum riyale LINN. Spec. 501 (1753). 



Wats, and Couit., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 95; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 82; Upham, Fl. Minn. 49; Hook., Fl.Gt. Brit. 122; Mac.,Fl. Can. 

 1,133, 515; Led., Fl. Boss. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 

 46; Both., Wheel. Exp. 112; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 3, 37; Wats., 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 284; Hart., Fl. Scand. I. 291. 



Europe; N. and W. Asia and Australasia to S. America. 



North America: Labrador, Newf., N. S., N. Br. to Q., 

 Ont., Man. and Brit. Col.; S. to N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak., 

 Mont., Colo, and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Reported from Nicollet Co., doubtful; 

 more certainly in vicinity of Ft. Snelling; wet fields and 

 springs. 



HERB. : Bailey 350, Mud river. 



Geum strictum AIT. Hort. Kew. II, 217 (1789). 



G. canadense MURK. Com. Goett. V, 34 (1790) not Jacq. 

 G. ranunculoides SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 551 (1825). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 94; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 49; Coult., Fl. Colo. 82; Webb., Fl. Neb. 128; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 

 133; Forbes and Hems.. Fl. Sin. 269; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.: 

 Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 229; Herd., Fl. Eur. Buss. 46; Engl. Focke, Nat. 

 Pflanzen. Ill, 3, 37; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 285. 



Mid. Russia; Siberia, China and Kamtk. ; Kurile Isls. ; 

 New Zealand; Japan; Corea; S. America. 



North America: N. S. to Coast range in Brit. Col.; 

 Newf. to N. Eng., N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Kan., Colo, 

 and Arizona 



Minn, valley: Throughout; damp edges of woods and 

 in meadows. 



HERB. : Bollard 492, Prior's lake, Scott Co. ; Taylor 

 674, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 997, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1182, 

 New Ulm; Taylor 547, Janes ville; Bollard 369, Helena, Scott 

 Co. ; Sheldon 691, Waseca; Bollard 225, Jordan, Scott Co ; Tay- 

 lor 797, Glenwood; Sheldon 1301, Lake Ben ton; Herrick 89, 

 Minneapolis; Roberts 28, Duluth; Roberts 29, Grand Marais; 

 Kassube 67, Minneapolis; Herrick 90, Minneapolis; Sandberg 

 165, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1696, Minneapolis. 



