LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 489 



Scott Co.; Sandberg 251, Cannon Palls; Herb. Sheld. 1688, Min- 

 netonka; Herb. Moyer 98, Montevideo. 



YIBURNUM LINN. Gen. 245 (1737). 

 Opulus TOURN. Inst. 607 (1700). 



Microtiims, Selenotinus, Oreinotinus, Tiiius OERST. 

 Yidd. Kjob. (1860). 



Baillon, Hist. PI. VII, 502; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 3; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 169; Schenck., Palaeopkyt. 789. 



Living species: 80 ; temperate and warmer N. hem- 

 isphere; Andes; Madagascar; W. Indies. North America, 14; S. 

 Sts., 11; Canada, 8; Rocky mts., 1; E. Sts., 12; California, 1; 

 W. Tex., 2. 



Fossil species: A considerable number described; 

 Cretaceous (Upper) and Tertiary, America and Europe; Green- 

 land and Spitzbergen abundant (Heer). The bulk of the species 

 are in W. N. America ( Saporta, Ward, Lesquereaux, Heer et alt. ) 

 75 species. 



Yiburnum opulus LINN. Spec. 268 (1753). 

 V. trilobum MARSH. Arbust. Amer. 162 (1785). 

 V. opuloides MUHL. Cat. (1813). 

 V. oxycoccus PURSH, Fl. Am. 203 (1814). 

 V. edule HOOK. Ft. Bor.-Am. I, 281 (1833) in part. 

 V. opulus var. americanum T. and G. Fl. II, 18 (1841). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 217; Britt., Fl. N. J. 122; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 195; Uphani, Fl. Minn. 66; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 189; Led., Fl. 

 Ross. II, 384; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 354; Miyabe, 

 Fl. Kur. 238: Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 10; Hart., Fl. 

 IScand. I, 62. 



Europe; Arctic Russ. to Caucasus; N. and Mid. Asia to 

 China, Japan, Kuriles and Kamtk. 



North America: Anticosti and N. S. to Red valley and 

 Assiniboia; W. to Brit. Col. and Oregon; S. to Minn., Penn. 

 and N. J. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and N. W. ; edges of woods 

 and along streams. 



HERB.: Bollard 146, Chaska; Taylor 1099, Glenwood; 

 Taylor 940, Glenwood; Taylor 549, Janesville; Taylor 278, Janes - 

 ville; Sheldon 231, Lake Washington, Blue Earth Co.; Arthur 

 174, Vermilion Lake; Kassube 116 1 Minneapolis; Sandberg 257, 

 Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1768, Minneapolis. 



Yiburnum pnbescens (AiT.) PURSH, Fl. Am. 202 (1814). 

 V. dentutum var. pubescens AIT. Hort. Kew. I, 372? (1789). 

 V. subtomentosum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 179 (1803) in part. 

 V. villosum RAF. Med. Repos. V, 361 (1808). 

 V. rafinesquianum R. andS. Syst. V, 630 (1819). 



