LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 409 



Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, 1, 51 (Drude); O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. II, 

 384; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 718; Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 183. 



Living species: 3; Europe, Asia and N. America. Can- 

 ada, 2; E. Sts., 3; S. Sts., 2; Japan and Siberia, 1; Europe, 1. 



Fossil species: O. oxycoccus, Interglacial on the Elbe 

 (Schenck). 



Oxycoccus macrocarpus (AiT.) PURSH, Fl. Am. 264 (1814) 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon AIT, Hort. Kew. II, 13 (1789). 

 V. oxycoccus var. oblongifolius MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I. 234 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 314; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 293; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 158; Upham, Fl. Minn. 92; Chap., Fl. S. St. 259; Brew, and Wats., 

 Fl. Calif. I, 450; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Miyabe, Fl. Xur. 246?; Engl. Drude, Nat. 

 Pflanz. IV, 1, 5]; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 26 and Suppl. II. 396. 



Kuriles? Intro, in Netherlands. Batavia Isl. 

 North America: Newf., Anticosti, N. S., N. Br. to 

 Thunder bay and Saskatchewan to Mackenzie river and Ore- 

 gon? S. to N. Eng., N. J. and mts. of N. Car.; W. to Minn. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and far N. W. to Glen- 

 wood?; peat bogs and tamarack swamps. 



HERB. : Sheldon 180, Eagle lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Shel- 

 don 326, near Smith's Mills, Blue Earth Co. ; Ballard 542, Spring 

 lake, Scott Co. ; Oestlund 110, Ramsey Co. ; Sandberg 372, Chi- 

 sago Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1690, Minneapolis. 



Oxycoccus oxycoccus (LiNN.) MACM. Torr. Bull. XIX 



(1891). 



Vaccinium oxycoccus LINN. Spec. (1753). 

 Oxycoccus palustris PERS. Syn. 479 (1805). 

 O. vulgaris PURSH, Fl. Am. 264 (1814). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 314; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 293, Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 158; Upham, Fl. Minn. 92; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 450: 

 Led., Fl. Ross. II, 905; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 250; Miyabe 

 Fl. Kur. 246; Herd., Fl. Eur. Kuss. 82; Engl. Drude, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 1, 

 51; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 25 and Suppl. II, 396; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 318. 



N. and C. Eur.; Shetland to Turkey; N. Asia to Dah- 

 uria, Japan and Kuriles. 



North America: Greenland to Alaska; S. to Minn., N. 

 Eng., N. J., Penn. and Puget Sound region. 



Minn, valley: N. E. and probably N. W. districts; in- 

 frequent; peat bogs and tamarack swamps. 



HERB. : Bailey 332, Vermilion lake; Sandberg 371, Chi- 

 sago lake. 



YACCINIUM LINN. Gen. 313 (1737). 



Batodendron, Pirococcus and Metagonia NUTT. Trans. 

 Am. Phil. Soc. 2, VIII. 261-262 (1843). 



Cavinium THOU. Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 11 (1806). 



