LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 481 



Mills, Blue Earth Co. ; Bollard 66, Ohaska; Taylor 124, Janes- 

 ville; Taylor 146a, Janesville; Sheldon 524, Waseca; Sheldon 291, 

 Madison Lake; Sheldon 245, Turtle lake, Le Sueur Co.; Sheldon 

 31, Elysian; Leonard 21, Spring Valley; Sandberg 259, Red 

 Wing; Kassube 118, St. Anthony; Bailey 297, St. Louis river; 

 Holzinger 105, Winona Co.; Bailey 73, Vermilion lake; Herrick 

 135, Minneapolis; Bailey 275, St. Louis river; Sandberg 260, 

 GoodhueCo.; Herb. Sheld. 1713, Minneapolis; 1762, Ft. Snelling. 



Galium trifldum var. latifolinm TORR. Fl. U. S. 165 (1824). 

 G. obtusum BiGiLL. Fl. Bost. ed. II, 55 (1824). 

 G. trifidum LINN. var. obtusum (BiGEL.) MacM. MSS. (1891). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 142; Mac.. Fl. Can. I, 201; Chap., Fl. S. St. 174; Upham, Fl. Minn, 

 67; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Coult., Fl. Tex. 162. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. J. and Fla.; W. 

 to Minn., Dak, Neb., Colo, and Tex. 



Minn, valley: N. E. and N. W. districts; local; swampy 

 ground and wooded marshes. 



HERB.: Taylor 996, Glenwood; Ballard 84, Chaska, 

 and 165, Chaska. 



Galium boreale LINN. Spec. 108 (1753). 

 G. bermudianum MUHL. Cat. (1813). 

 G. septentrionale R. and S. Syst. Ill, 253 (1818). 

 G. strictum TORR. PL N. Y. 23 (1819). 

 G. rubioides Auct. Amer. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 203; Britt., 

 Fl.N. J.127; Hook.,Fl. Gt. Brit. 194; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 285; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 142; Upham, Fl. Minn. 67; Coult., Fl. Colo. 127; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 

 64?; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 412; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 

 393; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Rotn., Wheel. Exp. 138; Wats., King Exp. 

 136; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 65. 



N. and C. Europe to Bosnia; Russ. to Caucasus; Si- 

 beria, Dahuria and China. 



North America: Q., Ont. to Rockies and 68 N. lat. ; 

 S. to Maine, N. J. and Penn. ; W. to Minn., Neb., Mont., Colo., 

 N. Mexico, Calif., Oregon and along Pac. coast to Sitka. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; banks of streams 

 and shores of lakes. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1291, Lake Ben ton; Ballard 108, Car- 

 ver; Ballard 422, New Prague, Scott Co. ; Sheldon 227, Lake 

 Washington, Le Sueur Co.; Sheldon 277, Madison Lake; Shel- 

 don 743, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 84, Elysian; Taylor 235, Janes- 

 ville; Taylor 576, Minnesota lake; Taylor 116, Janesville; Tay- 

 lor 867, Glenwood; Sheldon 1179, New Ulm; Leonard 22, Wikoff ; 

 Leonard 23, Minneapolis; Holzinger 106, Winona Co. ; Kassube 



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