542 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 279; Webb., Fl. Neb. 146; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 81; Coult, Fl. Colo. 187; Cov., Fl. Ark. 195; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2. 

 276; Coult., Fl. Tex. 219. 



North America: Ohio to Minn., Dak. and Colo.; S. to 

 Texas. 



Minn, valley: W. and central districts; moist prai- 

 ries and open banks of streams. 



HERB.: Sheldon 1282, Lake Benton; Holzinger 126, Wi- 

 nona Co.; Sandberg 329, Red Wing; Herb. Moyer 140, Monte- 

 video. 



Helianthus laetiflorus PERS. Syn. II, 476 (1807). 



H. atrorubens LAM. Enc. Meth. Ill, 86 (1789). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 278; Webb. Fl. Neb. 146; Chap., FL 

 S. St. 230; Cov., Fl. Ark. 195?; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 275. 



North America: Ohio to W. Ga.; W. to Minn., Dak., 

 Neb., Ark. ? and Tex. 



Minn, valley: S. central district; dry open places and 

 edges of woods. 



HERB.: ? Sandberg 326, Red Wing. 



Relianthus rigidus (CASS.) DESP. Hort. Par. 3 ed. 184 



(1829). 



H. atrorubens MICHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 140 (1803) in part. 



H. diffuses SIMS, Bot. Mag. 2020 ( ). 



Harpalium rigidum CASS. Diet. XX, 200 (1826). 



Helianthus missuricus SPRENG. Syst. Ill, 618 (1826). 



H. scaberrimus ELL. Sk. II, 423 (1824). 



H. missouriensis and crassifolius NUTT. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc- 

 VII, 366(184)). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 278; Webb., Fl. Neb. 146; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 81; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 244; Coult., Fl. Colo. 186; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 

 2, 274; Coult., Fl. Tex. 218. 



North America : Saskatchewan to Rockies ; E. to Minn 

 and Mich.; S. to Dak., E. Colo, and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; fields, banks of streams 

 and roadsides or embankments. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1336, Lake Benton; Taylor 1021, Glen- 

 wood; Taylor 944, Glenwood; Taylor 1021, Glenwood; Sheldon 

 1283, Verdi, Lincoln Co. ; Sheldon 1394, Lake Benton flowers 

 all ligulate; Kassube 137, Minneapolis; Oestlund 98, Minneapo- 

 lis; Oestlund 99, Minneapolis; Holzinger 125, Winona bluffs; 

 Sandberg 325, Goodhue Co.; Herb. Moyer 138, Montevideo; 

 Sheldon 1601%, Minneapolis. 



Helianthus petiolaris NUTT. Jour. Acad. Phil. II, 115 



(1821). 



H. patens LEHM. Ind. Sem. Hamb. (1828). 



H. integrifolius NUTT. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. VII, 636 (1841). 



