32 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; marshes, swamps and 
edges of lakes. 
Hers.; Sheldon 247, Lake Washington, Blue Harth 
Co.; Taylor 699, Minnesota Lake; Ballard 262, Jordan, Scott 
Co.; Taylor 408, Janesville; Sandberg 527, Chisago Lake; Herrick 
280, Minneapolis; Kassube 222, Minneapolis. 
Il. SPARGANIACEAE. Burr-Reed Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 241 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III. 955 
(1885); Engler in Bngl. and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, I. 192 (1887). 
Genera: 1; temperate and colder regions of Northern Hem 
isphere; Australia and New Zealand; swamps and marshes. 
Species: 6-8 living; 2-8 extinct. 
SPARGANIUM Linn. Gen. 706 (1787). 3 
Platanaria S. F. Gray, Arr. II. 39 (1821). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III. 955; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 445; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, I. 198 (Engler); Schenck, Palaeophyt., 
376-377. 
Living species: 6-8; temperate and colder regions of N 
hemisphere, Australia and New Zealand. Canada, 6; Calif., 2; 
E. Sts., 3. 
Fossil species: 5-10 described; 2-2 distinct; Tertiary, 
widely distributed. 
Sparganium simplex Huns. Fl. Angl, ed. 2, 401 (1762). 
S. erectum var B. LINN. Spec. 971 (1753). 
S. erectum WAHL. FI. Suec. 1020 (1824-26). 
S. simplex var nuttallii ENGELM. Gray’s Man., 5 ed. 481 (1867). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man., 6 ed. 548; Upham, Fl. Minn. 135; Watson, 
Fl. Calif., II. 188; Coult., Fl. Colo, 359; Mac., Fl. Can., II. 70, 367; Nym., 
Fl. Eur.; Led., Fl. Ross, 1V. 4; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 422; Richt.. Pl. Eur. 
10; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 122; Engl., Nat. Pflanz., II. 1, 193; Roth., Wheel. 
Exp. 269; Cov., Fl. Ark. 227? Hart, Fl. Scand., I, 440. 
Europe; Siberia to Dahuria. 
North America: Sierras to Oregon; throughout Can. 
to Ft. Franklin on Mackenzie. Newf. and Vancouver; S. to 
Minn., Mich., N. J. 
Minn. valley: N. H. district; infrequent; swamps, 
marshes and edges of lakes. ; 
HERB.: Roberts 124, Agate Bay; Sandberg 529, Red 
Wing; var. fluitans — Bailey 85, Vermilion Lake; Macif and 
Sheld. 27, Cass Co. 
