424 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



732, Sleepy Eye; Gedge 11, Detroit; var. linearis (Gray) Sand- 

 berg 474, Red Wing; Holzinger 190-191, Winona; var. lanceo- 

 lata (Ives); Ballard 272, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Taylor 690, Minne- 

 sota lake; Sheldon 610, Wilton, Waseca Co.; Leiberg 55, Blue 

 Earth Co.; Herb. Moyer 209, Watson [var. lanceolata (Ives).]. 



Asclepias floridana LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 284 (1783). 

 A. longifolia MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 116 (1803). 

 Acerates longifolia ELL. Sk. I, 317 (1821). 

 A. floridana HITCHCOCK, Fl. Ames 508(1891). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 343; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 366; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 565; Cov., Fl. Ark. 203; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 

 1, 99, Coult., Fl. Tex. 268. 



North America: Ont. to Minn., Dak. and Neb.; S. to 

 Ohio, Fla., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: S. and N. W. districts; wet meadows or 

 fields. 



HERB. : Juni 13, Alexandria; ? Gedge 13, Clay Co. 



Asclepias verticillata LINN. Spec. ed. 2, 1272 (1762). 



A. galioides HBK. Nov. Gen. et Spec. Ill, 188 (1818). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 342; Britt., Fl. N. J. 170; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 115; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 319; Chap., .Fl. S. St. 365; Coult., Fl. 

 Colo. 241; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 368; Wats., King Exp. 282; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 203; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 97; Coult., Fl. Tex. 267. 



North America: Ont. to Saskatchewan and S. Man.; 

 S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Neb., Colo., N. 

 Mex., Tex. and Mexico. 



Minn, valley: Throughout except N. E. district; hills 

 and fields. 



HERB. : Sheldon 970, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1068, Spring- 

 field; Sheldon 815, Sigel township, Brown Co.; Taylor 925, 

 Glen wood; Juni 9 12, Glyndon;Herb. Moyer 208, Chippewa Co. 



Asclepias quadrifolia LINN. Spec. (1753;. 



A. vanilla RAF. Am. Mo. Mag. (1818). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 342; Britt., Fl. N. J. 170; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 114; Chap., Fl. S. St. 364; Cov., Fl. Ark. 203; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 

 1,96. 



North America: Ont. to N. Eng., N. J. and N. Car.; 



W. to Minn, and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from E. edge; doubtful; no 

 Minn, specimens seen. 



Asclepias ovalifolia DECN. DC. Prodr. VIII, 567 (1844). 

 A. vanegata var. a. HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 252 (1840). 

 A. nuttalliana GRAY, Man. 2 ed. 352, 704 (1852). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 342; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 319; Upham, Fl. Minn. 114; Coult., Fl. Colo. 241; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. II, 1, 95. 



