LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 385 



Selkirks, Bear lake, Alaska and Puget Sound; S. to N. J.; W. 

 to Minn, and Ark.; S. to Colo. in. mts. ; S. to California along 

 Sierras and Coast range. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rising near the surface of 

 deep water in ponds and lakes. 



HERB.: Taylor 319, Janesville; Bollard 901, Waconia; 

 Bollard 863, Page lake, Carver Co, ; Bollard 602, Prior's lake, 

 Scott Co. ; Bollard 448, Prior's lake, Scott Co. ; Taylor 1049, 

 Glen wood; Sheldon 433, Lake Elysian, Waseca Co.; Sheldon 

 371, Duck lake, Blue Earth Co.; Oestlund 57, Minneapolis; 

 Bailey 368, Mud river; Sheldon 316, Madison Lake, Blue Earth 

 Co. 



LXXIX. ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 793 (1836-40); Endlicher, Gen. PI 328 (1836-40) 

 Helwingiaceae; Seem., Journ. Bot. II, IV (1864-66 )Hederaceae; Benth- 

 am and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 931 (1862-67); Baillon, Hist. PI. VII, 175 

 (1880)-Trib. VI, sub Ombelliferes. 



Genera: 25 (Baillon); 38 (B. andH.); tropical regions r 

 a few temperate and 1-2 in Antarctic islands. 



Species: '400 living; 40-50 fossil; Cretaceous (Low- 

 er) to Pliocene. 



ARALIA LINN. Gen. 251 (1737). 



Aureliana LAFIT. Mem. Gins. (1718). 

 Dimorphaothus MIQ. Comm. Phyt. 95 (1838). 



Baillon, Hist.Pl.VII, 244; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 936; Du- 

 rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 166; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 604. 



Living species: 35; tropical and E. temp. Asia; N. 

 America to Mexico. North America, 10; E. Sts., 6; Canada, 5; 

 Rocky mts., 2; S. Sts., 6; California, 1 



Fossil species: Lower Cretaceous, Potomac, Virginia 

 (Fontaine Araliophyllum) ; Upper Cretaceous, Kansas, Europe 

 (Lesquereaux, Heer)', Tertiary (Heer) Greenland; France (So- 

 porta) ; Westphalia (Schimper Araliophyllum) ; several species 

 described; many of them doubtful. 



Aralia trifolia (LINN.) DECN. and PLANCH. Rev. Hortic. 

 104(1854). 



Panax trifolium LINN. Spec. 1058 (1753). 

 P. lanceolatum RAF. N. Fl. IV, 57 (1836). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 213; Britt., Fl. N. J. 119; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 189; Upham, Fl. Minn. 63; Chap., Fl. S. St. 167; Wats., Bibl.. 

 Ind. I, 436. 



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