LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 483 



Genera: 12; N. hemisphere and Australia and S. Amer- 

 ica; most in temperate regions. 



Species: 200-250; principally shrubs and small trees. 



LINNAE1 GRONOV. Linn. Gen. 525 (1737). 

 Obolaria SIEG. Prim. 79 (1736). 

 Abelia R. BR. Clarke's Abel. Chin. App. 376 (1818). 

 Vesalea MART, and GAL. Bull. Brux. XI, 242 (1843). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VII, 501; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 4, 5; Du- 

 rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 169, 170. 



Living species: Two well marked sections, Abelia, 10; 

 Linnaea, 1 ; N. boreal and temperate regions to the Himalayas, 

 China and Mexico. N. America, 1. 



Linnaea foorealis LINN. Spec. 631 (1753). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 219; Britt., Fl. N. J. 123; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 124; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 278; Upham, Fl. Minn. 64; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. I, 195, 539; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 63; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 191; Nym., Fl. 

 Eur.; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 392; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 13; Forbes and Hems,, 

 Fl.Sin. 359; Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 238; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Roth., Wheel. 

 Exp. 136; Wats., King Exp. 132; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 69. 



W. Europe to C. Asia, Amurland, Corea, China, Japan 

 (Yezo), Kamtk. and Kuriles; N. to Scotland, Lapland and Si- 

 beria. 



North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can.; N. in Arctic cir- 

 cle; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Penn., Md.; W. to Minn., Dak., Colo., 

 Mont., Oregon and Calif. 



Minn, valley: Reported N. E. districts, S. of Lake 

 Minnetonka; doubtless in N. W. district with Cornus cana- 

 densis; mossy woods. 



HERB.: Roberts 50, French river; Roberts 51, Duluth; 

 Herrick 125, St. Louis river; Bailey 48, Vermilion lake; Juni6, 

 N. shore, Lake Superior; Sandberg 241, Tower. 



SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. Gen. 211 (1789). 

 Symphoria PERS. Syn. I, 214 (1805). 

 Aiiisiinthus WILLD. Rel. R. and S. Syst. V, XIV (1819). 

 Symphoricarpa NECK. Elem. 220 (1790). 



Baillon, Hist. PL VII, 498; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 4; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 169. 



Living species: 6, N. America and mountains of 

 Mexico; Canada, 3-4; E. Sts., 3; California, 4-5; S. Sts., 1; 

 Rocky mts., 3-4; PL King, 2; PL Wheel., 2; W. Tex., 3. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus MICHX. PL N. Am. I, 107 

 (1803). 



Symphoria racemosa PERS. Syn. I, 214 (1805). 



Xylosteum ciliatum var. album PURSH, Fl. Am. 161 (1814). 





