Sheldon: extensions of plant ranges. 17 



Viola selkirkii Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6:319, 1822. 



This plant was reported by Mr. O. E. Garrison as occurring 

 near the source of the Mississippi river, but prior to the present 

 season no authentic specimens from. Minnesota were known to 

 the writer. It was found in abundance in woods near Tower, 

 Highland and Encampment, Minn. {E. P. S% June, 1893). 



Tiola sylvestris Lam. var. puberiila (Wats). 



Viola canina Linn. var. puberula Wats, in Gray's Man. 6 ed. 81. 

 1890. 



Not previously reported from Minnesota. 



Collected in abundance on the rocky shores of Lake Superior 

 near Two' Harbors, Knife river and Marmata, Minn. {E. P. S., 

 June, 1893). 



Yiola longipes Nutt. in T. & G. Fl. 1 : 174. 1838. 



Viola debilis Nutt. Journ. Acad. Philad. 8 : 15. 1834. 

 not Viola debilis MrcHX. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2 : 150. 1803, 



which is a synonym of Viola striata Ait. Hort. Kew, 3 : 29. 1789. 



Viola canina Linn. var. longipes Wats. Fl. Calif. 1 : 56. 1880, 



but this latter probably refers to Viola adunca Smith. 



Not previously reported from Minnesota. 



Growing abundantly on the pine barrens near Brainerd, Crow 

 Wing county, Aitkin and Nichols, Aitkin county, Minn. {E. P. S., 

 June, 1892). 



Cuscuta indecora Choisy. Cusc. 182. 1841. 



Not previously reported from Minnesota. 



Abundant on Vleckia foenicula (Puksh) Raf., Fergus Falls, 

 Otter Tail county., Minn. {E. P. S., August, 1892); on Solidago 

 and Lycopus, East Battle lake. Otter Tail county, Minn. (E. P. 

 S., August, 1892); on Solidago latifolia Linn., Spicer, Kandiyohi 

 county, Minn. ( TF. D. Frost, August, 1892), and Center City, 

 Chisago county, Minn. {B. C. Taylor, July, 1892). 



Cuscuta coryli Englm. Am. Journ. Sci. I. 43 : 337. 1842. 



Hitherto Minnesota collections of this species have been made 

 only in the southeastern corner of the state. It was found on 

 Solidago latifolia LiNN., near Spicer, Kandiyohi county, Minn. 

 (TF. D. Frost, August, 1892); Glencoe, McLeod county, Minn. 

 {T. J. McElligott, June, 1890). 



