378 MBTASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Epilofoium strictum MUHL. Cat, 39 (1813). 



E. molle TORR. Fl. U. S. 393 (1824). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 189; Uphain, Fl. Minn. 57; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 171; Britt., Fl. N. J. 109; Trelease Monog. Epilob. 87; Wats., 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 365. 



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

 to Maine, N. Y., N. J., Penn. and Va.; W. to Ohio, Ills., Mich., 

 Wise, and Minn. 



Minn valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 

 Earth Co.; infrequent; bogs and edges of marshes. 



HERB.: Bollard 798, Goose lake, Carver Co.; Bollard 

 843, Patterson lake, Carver Co.; Bollard 895, St. Bonifacius; 

 Bollard 724, Benton, Carver Co. ; Leiberg 21, Blue Earth Co. 



EpiloMum palustre LINN. Spec. '348 (1753). 

 E. anagallidifolium AUCT. AMER. in part. 

 E. oliganthum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. 1, 223 (1803) in part. 

 E. palustre var. lineare GRAY, Man. 2 ed. 130 (1852) in part. 

 ? E. palustre var. oliganthum B. S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888) in part. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 190; Upham, Fl. Minn. 57; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 108?; Trautv., Fl. Sib. in var. 55; Coult., Fl. Colo. 102; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. I, 170; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 157; Chap., Fl. S. St. 140?; Forbes and 

 Hems., Fl. Sin. 308; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 109; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. 

 Eur. Euss. 50; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 366; Trelease, Monog. Epilob. 88; Hart., 

 Fl. Scarid. I, 264. 



Europe and Asia to Himalayas and India. 

 North America: Greenland and Labrador to N. H., 

 N. J. ? and Penn. ? W. to Minn., Colo., Alaska, N. W. T. and 

 Washington. 



Minn, valley: N. W. and W. districts; probably also 

 N. and N. E. ; bogs and marshes. 



HERB.: Taylor 830, Glenwood; Sheldon 1329, Lake 

 Benton. 



EpiloMum lineare MUHL. Cat. 39 (1813). 

 E. densum RAF. Desv. Journ. II, 271 (1814). 

 E. rosmarinifolium PURSH, Fl. Am. 259(1814). 

 E. squamatum NUTT. Gen. I, 250(1818). 

 E. palustre var. lineare GRAY, Man. 2 ed. 130 (1852). 

 E. oliganthum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 223 (18Q3) in part. 

 ?E. palustre var. oliganthum (Micnx.) B. S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 189; Britt., FL N. J. 108; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 57; Mac., Fl. Can. 1, 170; Chap., Fl. S. St. 140?; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 102; Webb., Fl. Neb. J26; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Euss. 50; Roth., 

 Wheel. Exp. 39; Trelease, Monog. Epilob. 87, 88; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 366; 

 Hart, Fl. Scand. I, 265. 



Norway, Scand., Lapland and N. Russia. 

 North America: Labrador and N. Br. to Man., Brit. 

 Col, and Selkirks to lat. 68 N. on Mackenzie river; S. to N. 



