354 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Acer peimsylvanicum LINN. Spec. 1055 (1753). 

 A. canadense MARSH. Arbust. 3(1785). 

 A. striatum Du Roi, Diss. 58 (1771). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 117; Britt., PI. N. J. 77; Chap., 

 PL S. St. 80; Upham, Fl. Minn. 39; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 98; Wats., Bibl.Ind. 

 I, 175. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to L. Superior; 

 S. to N. Eng., N. J., Ga., Ky., Mo.; W. to Minn. 



Minn, valley: Local; bluffs, near Ft. Snelling. 



LXV. BALSAMINACEAE. Balsam Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 1173 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. 

 Plant. 1, 269(1862) sub Geraniaceae; Baillon, Hist. PL V, 39 (1874)-sub 

 Geraniaceae. 



Genera: 1-2; Tropical Asia and a few in N. temper 

 ate floral region and in Africa. 



Species : 225 ; center in tropical Asia. 



IMPATIENS LINN. Gen. 680 (1737). 



Balsamina GAERTN. Fruct. II, 151 (1791). 

 Hydrocera BLUME, Bijdr. 241 (1826). 

 Tytonia DON, Syst. I, 749 (1831). 



Baillon, Hist. PL V, 39; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 277, 278, 989; 

 Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 53; Gray. III. Gen. II, 133. 



Living species: 225 ; 135 (B. and H.); North Amer- 

 ica, 2; N. Europe and Asia, 3; Africa and Madagascar, 23; all 

 the others in tropical Asia. 



Impatiens biflora WALT. Fl. Car. 219 (1788). 

 L maculata MUHL. Cat. 26 (1813). 

 1. fulva NUTT. Gen. I, 146 (1818). 



I. nolitangere var. B. Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 149 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 106; Britt., Fl. N. J. 74; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 121; Upham, Fl. Minn. 36; Chap., Fl. S. St. 65; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 

 62, 502; Cov., Fl. Ark. HI; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I. 152. 



North America: Throughout Can. to lat. 66 N. and 

 Alaska; S. to New Eng. and Fla. ; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb. 

 and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout, but particularly in the for- 

 est district; damp places and edges of swamps; springs. 



HERB.: Sheldon 1043, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 984, Glen- 

 wood; Sheldon 27, Elysian; Sheldon 1311, LakeBenton; Bollard 

 709, Waconia; Bollard 868, Waconia; Bollard 753, Waconia; 

 Bollard 851, Patterson's lake; Herrick 59, Minnetonka; Herrick 

 60, Excelsior; Herrick 61, Minneapolis; Oesttund 22, Hennepin 

 Co.; Herrick 62, Minneapolis; Arthur 7, Vermilion lake; Roberts 



