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ACT^EA, L. Baneberkt. 



A. spicata, L , var. rubra, Ait. Red Baneberry. 

 Common through the wooded portions of the state. 



A. alba, Bigelow. White Baneberry. 



Common, with same extent as the last. Berries frequently borne on slender, green 

 pedicels. 



NIGELLA, L. Fennel-flower. 



N. Damascena, L.* Fennel-floiver. 



Escaped from cultivation, Mankato, Leiberg. 



MENISPERMACEiE. Moonseed Family. 



MENISPERMUM, L. Moonseed. 



M. Canadense, L. Canadian Moonseed. 



Frequent, often common, southward ; extending north to Todd county and the 

 northwest side of Mille Lacs, Upham; also in the Red river valley near Saint Vincent, 

 Dawson, Havard. (Its long, slender, bitter, yellow root is used by the Sioux as a medi- 

 cine, being called Pejuta zizi; and from this came the name Pejuta zizi, or Yellow 

 Medicine river. T. M. Young.) 



BERBERTDACE^. Barberry Family. 



BERBERIS, L. Barberry, 



B. vulgaris, L. Common Barberri/. 



Spontaneous in old fields, Mankato, Leiberg. 



CAUIiOPHYLLUM, Michx. Blue Cohosh. 



C tlialictroides, Michx. Blue Cohosh. Pappoose-roofc. 

 Common, or frequent, excepting northeastward. 



PODOPHYLT.UM, L. Mat-Apple. Mandrake. 



P. peltatuni, L. May- Apple, Mandrake. 



Common southeastward, extending north to Goodhue and Bice counties. 



NYMPH^ACEiE. Water-Lily Family. 



BRASENIA, Schreber. Water-Shield. 



B. peltata, Pursh. Water-Shield. 



Eainy lake and lake of ihe "Woods, Macoun; Pleasant lake, near Saint Cloud, 



*Nigella Damascena, L. Flowers bluish, rather large, surrounded and overtopped by 

 a finely divided leafy involucre, like the other leaves ; succeeded by a smooth inflated 

 5-celled pod, in which Uie lining of the cells separates from the outer part. Gray's 

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