LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUUING PLANTS. 89 
Minn. valley: Throughout; infrequent; banks of 
streams and lakes. 
Hers.: Foote 7, Worthington; Sandberg 590, Red 
Wing; Oestlund 337, Minneapolis; Bailey 265, St. Louis river; 
Sheldon 1375, Lake Benton [(forma minor (Vas.)]. 
HYSTRIX Moency, Meth. 294 (1794). 
Asprella WILLD. Enum. 132 (1809). 
Gymunostichum Scures. Beschr. Griis. II, 127 (1772). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. IJI, 1207; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 280; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 88 (Hackel); O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
II, 777. 
Living species: 4; N. America, 2; Siberia, 1; New 
Zealand, 1. N. America,—California, 1; Atl. states, 1. 
Hystrix hystrix (Lv. ). 
Elymus hystric LINN. Spec. ed. 2, 124 (1762). 
Gymnostichum hystric SCHREB. Griis. 47 (1769). 
Aystric patula MOENCH, Meth. (1794). 
Asprella hystrix WILLD. Enum. I, 132 (1809). 
A. angustifolia Nurt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 5, 151 (—). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 674; Upham, Fl. Minn. 170; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 299; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 567; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 248; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
238; Webb., Appx. Neb. 24. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont., Man. and Saskatch- 
ewan; S. to N. Y., N. J. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., 
Ill. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Throughout, particularly forest dis- 
trict; woods. 
HERB.: Sheldon 459, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; 
Ballard 128, Chaska; Sandberg 592, Red Wing; 593, Chisago 
Co.; 594, Red Wing. 
IX. CYPERACEAE. Sedge Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 109 (1840); Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. III, 1037 
(1883); Pax in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 98 (1887). 
Genera: 65; cosmopolitan; extinct, 1-2. 
Species: 38000; living; 3-4? extinct. 
HEMICARPHA Ness, Edin. Phil. Journ. XVII, 263 (1834). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 1053; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 458; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 10d (Pax). 
Living species: 8; 1 widely distributed in tropical and 
subtropical regions; 1, California; 1, Atl. N. America, Mexico 
and Brazil. 
