36 TWEIFTH AJhSUAL RErORT. 



L. usitatissimKm, L. Common Flax. 



Sometimes adventive in fields : IMinneapolis ; Blue Eartli county ; Kedwood Falls ; 

 Luveiiie. 



GERANIACE.E. (Ieranium Family. 



GKKANIU31, L. Cranesbill. 



G. niaciilatiiin, L. Wild Cranesbill. 



Common, often abundant, through the south half of the state ; extending northwest 

 to Clay county, Gfffryc, the upper Mississippi river, Garrison, and the mouth of Kainy 

 river, Macoun. 



G. Caroliniaimui, L. Carolina Cranesbill. 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state; most plentiful northward. 



Cr. Robertianuiii, L. Herb Robert. 



Falls of the St. Croix, Parry^ Fergus Falls, Leonard-^ extending west to the iake of 

 the Woods, Macoun. North. 



ER0DIU3I, L'Her. Storksbill. Heron's-bill. 



E ckuiurlnm, VHer. StorkshiU. Herou's-biU. 



Minneapolis, Jimi, Kassuhc, i?o7>f) ■^^'. Rare. An abundant weed in the Pacific 

 states and in some districts eastward. 



IMPATIENS, L. Balsam. Jewel-weed. Touch-me-not, 



I. pallida, Nutt. Pale Touch-me-not. 



Throughout the state ; in many portions infreiiuentor rare ; common at New Ulni. 

 Jani, and in Blue Earth county. Leibcnj; abundant in Martin county. Crafty, and on 

 the south shore of lied lake, Miss Bubhitt. 



I. fulva, Nutt. Spotted Touch-me-not. 



Common throughout the state. ("At Beaver Bay a spotless variety, wMth less re- 

 flected spur, was common and grew intermingled with the ordinary form, without show- 

 ing any signs of intergradation." Eohrrts.) 



OXALIS, L. Wood-Sorrel. Oxalts 



O. Acetosella, L. Common Wood-Sorrel. 



Common north of lake Superior, Rolieits-^ lake of tlie Woods, Mocouti; e.xtendinj; 

 northwest to the Saskatchewan, Kiciiardson. North. 



O. violacea, L. Violet Wood-Sorrel. 



Common through the south half of the state to Pipestone county. Mrs. Bennett; 

 extending north to the upper Missisippi river, Garrison^ and in the Red river valley at 

 1 east to Clay county, Gcdge. (Herriclc reports, besides the type, a variety that bears 

 white flowers, occurring quite frequently in the vicinity of Castle Rock, Dakota county ; 

 and Miss Bahhilt finds the same at Little Falls. Succulent flower-bearing scapes, not 

 acco)npanied by leaves, are occasionally seen in September [t'7v7((nn]. "The usual 

 occurrence of a white, carrot-shaped root beneath the ordinary scaly bulb'' of |this 

 species is noticed by i?o?je)Vx, in the A;iie)ir(Y7i Xatnralisl for August, 1879. See also 

 Am. Nat., vol. xvi, pp. 13-19.) 



O. eoriiiciilata, L., var. .striota, Sav. (0. stiicta, L.) Yellow Wood- Sor- 

 rel. Ladies' Sorrel. 

 Common throughout the state. 



