408 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



West of Rockies, Selkirks, Columbia river and N. W. T. ; S. to 

 Minn., Penn., N. J. and in Appalachians to N. Car. 



Minn, valley: N. W. and N. E. ; tamarack swamps; 

 rare; sphagnum marshes. 



HERB. : Eoberts 76, Devil's Neck river; Sandberg 377, 

 Center City. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ADANS. Fam. PL II, 165 (1763). 

 Comarostaphylis Zucc. Nov. Stirp. II. 24 (1843). 

 Mairania NECK. Elem. I, 219 (1790). 

 Zerobotrys NUTT. Trans. Phil. Soc. 2, VIII, 267 (1843). 

 Daplmidostaphylis KLOTZSCH, Linn XXIV, 78 (1850). 

 Xylococcus NUTT. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1. c. 258 (1843). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 581; Durand, Ind. Gen. 242; Engler 

 and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 48; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 721; Baillon, Hist. 

 PI. IX, 191. 



Living species: 18; North America, boreal regions 

 principally; 1 sp. around N. hemisphere. California, 12; Can- 

 ada, 4; E. Sts., 2. 



Fossil species: A. uva-ursi in diluvial rocks of Europe, 

 Bovey Tracy. 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (LINN. ) SPRENG. Syst. II, 287 

 (1825). 



Arbutus uvorursi LINN Spec. (1753). 

 Arctostaphylos offidnalis WIMMER, Fl. Sib. 2 (1829). 

 Daphnidostaphylis fendleriana KLOTZSCH, Linn. XXIV, 81 (1850). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 315: Britt.,Fl. N. J. 159; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 295; Upham, Fl. Minn. 93; Coult., Fl. Colo. 228; Brew, and 

 Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 453; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 251; Miyabe, 

 Fl. Kur. 247; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 909; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 82; Wats., 

 King Exp. 210; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 183; Engl. Drude, Nat. Pflanz. IV, I, 

 49; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 27; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 319; Webb., Appx. Neb. 36. 

 Circumpolar; Scand. and Shetland to Montenegro and 

 Bosnia; N. Asia to Kamt. , Kuriles, Sakhalin, Japan and Da 

 huria. 



North America: Greenland and Newf. to Pac. and 

 64 N. lat. ; S. to Calif, in Sierras; S. to N. Mex. in Rockies; E. 

 to Minn., Neb., Mo., N. J. 



Minn, valley: N. E. districts; rare; sandy or rocky 

 knolls. 



HERB. : Sandberg 378, White Rock; Roberts 77, Minne- 

 sota point; Roberts 7 8, Knife river. 



OXYCOCCUS LUDW. ex O. Kuntze (1737). 



Schollera ROTH, Tent. Fl. Germ. I, 170 (1788.) 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 575; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 242; 



