LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 467 



Europe, except arctic reg. ; Russ. to Caucasus, Sib., 

 Dahuria, Kamtk. and China; N. Africa; intro. ? in S. America. 



North America: N. S., Q., Ont. , Owen Sound. L. Su- 

 perior reg., N. W. T., Rockies and coast of Brit. Col.; S. to 

 Oregon; S. to N. Eng., N. J.; W. to Minn., Neb., Colo., N. Mex. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; springs, rills and ditch- 

 es; aquatic or semi-aquatic. 



HERB. : Bollard 998, Long lake, Scott Co. ; Kassube 

 166, Minneapolis; Sandberg 405, Cannon Falls. 



Veronica virginica LINN. Spec. 9 (1753). 

 V. sibirica LINN. Spec. 2 ed. 12 (1762). 

 Leptandra virginica NUTT. Gen. I, 7 (1818). 

 L. purpurea RAF. Med. Bot. 59 (1830). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 386; Britt., Fl. N. J. 186;' Mac. r 

 Fl. Can. I, 360; Webb., Fl. Neb. 137; Upham, Fl. Minn. 100; Chap., Fl. S, 

 St. 295; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. II, 200; Cov., Fl. Ark. 208; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. II, 1, 286; Engl. Wettst., Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3 b, 85. 

 Japan, China and E. Siberia. 



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

 Vt, N. J. and Alab. ; W. to Kan. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; common; rich woods and 

 river banks. 



HERB. : Sheldon 764, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 665, Waseca; 

 Sheldon 1096, Springfield; Sheldon 1348, Lake Benton; Bollard 

 510, Prior's lake, Scott Co. ; Taylor 985, Glenwood; Bollard 312, 

 Belle Plaine; Bollard 691, Waconia; Taylor 985a, Glenwood; 

 Herrick 206, Minneapolis; Kassube 165, Minneapolis; Oestlund 

 118, Minneapolis; Leonard 32, Minneapolis; Sandberg 404, Good- 

 hue Co. ; Herb. Sheld. 1645, Minneapolis. 



SYNTHYRIS BENTH. DC. Prodr. X, 454 (1846). 



Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 466; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 963; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 296; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3 b, 87 (von 

 Wettstein). 



Living species: 7; mts. of W. N. America; 1, in E. 

 Sts. Rocky mts., 4; California, 2; Illinois and Minn., 1. 



Synthyris hougntoniana BENTH. DC. Prodr.^X, 454 (1846). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 386; Upham, Fl. Minn. 100; 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 286. 



North America: Minn, to Mich.; S. to 111., Mo. and 

 Ind. 



Minn, valley: N. E. districts; beside springs or edges 

 of bogs; infrequent. Not found on "hills or ridges" very often. 

 HERB. : Holtz 4, Cedar lake, Hennepin Co. ; Sandbery 

 403, Red Wing. 



