362 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



North America: Penn. to Minn, and Neb.; S. to Va. 

 and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Ft. Snelling; E. edge and N. E. dis- 

 trict; rare; river banks and shore of lakes. 



LXX. HYPERICACEAE. St. John's-Wort 

 Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PI. 1036 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. 

 I, 163 (1862); Baillon, Hist. PI. VI, 391 (1877). 



Genera; 8; temperate and warmer regions. 



Species: 225 ; more abundantly represented in N. 

 hemisphere than in S. 



HYPERICUM LINN. Gen. 606 (1737). 



Elodea, Elodes, Triadenia, Adenotrias, Drosanthe, Ere- 

 mosporus, Webbia, Hypericum, Olympia, Campylopus, Psoro- 

 phytum, Androsaemum, Eremanthe, Campylosporus, Norysca, 

 Boscyna, Myriandra, Brathydium SPACH, Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2, V, 

 353 (1836). 



Androsaemum ALL. Fl. Ped. II, 47 (1785). 



Brathrys MUT. ex Linn, f . Suppl. 43 (1781). 



Sarothra LINN. Gen. ed. Y, 344 (1754). 



Tridia KORTH. Hoev. and De Vr. Tijd. Ill, 17 (1836). 



Receveura VELL. Fl. Flum. V, 119, 120 (1826). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. VI, 391; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. 1, 165; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 33; Gray, III. Gen. I, 213. 



Living species: 175 ; 160 (B. and H.); temperate and 

 tropical regions; very numerous in N. temperate zone; very 

 rare in S. temperate; Russia, 23; Europe, 41; Russian Europe, 

 10; N. America, 31; E. Sts., 17; Canada, 11; S. Sts., 25; PI. 

 King, 2; PI. Wheel, 1; Mid. Calif., 3; Rocky mts., 1; W. Tex. 4. 



Hypericum canadense LINN. Spec. 785 (1753). 



H. thesiifolium HBK. N. G. et. S. V, 192 (1821). 

 H. pauciflorum HBK. 1. c. (1821). 

 If. moranense HBK. 1. c. (1821). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 95; Britt., Fl. N. J. 68; Uphani, 

 Fl. Minn. 31; Chap.. Fl. S. St. 42; Cov., Fl. Ark. 169; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I. 

 125; Webb., Appx. Neb. 32. 



North America: N. Y. to Fla.; W. to Wis., Minn., 

 Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: N. E district, and probably along N. 

 edge; extending doubtfully to Blue Earth Co.; wet or damp 

 woods and roadsides. 



HERB. : Bollard 825, Page lake, Carver Co. ; Bollard 

 856, Page lake; Holzinger 32, Winona Co.; Bailey 428, Long 

 lake. 



