LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 145 
Minn. valley: Throughout; common; grassy places, 
fields, hillsides and meadows. 
HERB.: Sheldon 744, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 553, Waseca; 
Sheldon 1539, Lake Benton; Taylor 472, Janesville; Ballard 166, 
Shakopee; Sandberg 571, Red Wing; Oestlund 198, Hennepin 
Co.; Herrick 304, Minneapolis; Kassube 240, Minneapolis; Herb. 
Sheld. 1918, Ramsey Co.; Herb. Moyer 237, Camp Release, 
Chippewa Co. 
MELANTHIUM Linn. Gen. ed. II, Appx. (1742). 
Leimanthium WILLD. Gesell. Nat. Berl. Mag. IT, 24 (1802). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III. 834; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 432; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 24 (Engler). 
Living species: 8; Atlantic N. America. E. Sts., 3; 
Canada, 1; 8. Sts., 1. 
Melanthium virginicum Linn. Spec. 339 (1758). 
Helonias virginica Stus, Bot. Mag. 285 (——)? 
Leimanthium virginicum WILLD. Mag. Naturf. II, 24 (1808). 
Zygadenus virginicus KUNTH, Enum. IV, 195 11843). 
Melanthium hybridum Pursu, Fl. Am. 242 (1814). 
Leimanthium hybridum Hoox. FI. Bor.-Am. II, 177 (1840). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 533; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 51; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 245; Chap., FI. S. St. 488; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. II, 5, 24; Cov., Fl. 
Ark. 226. 
North America: Ont.? to N. Eng.; S. to N. Car. and 
Fla.? W. to Minn., Ark. and Tex. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district; rare or 
doubtful; wet meadows. 
VERATRUM Linn. Gen. 769 (1737). 
Acedilanthus Trautv. Midden. Reise, Fl, Okh. 94 (1864?). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III. 834; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 432; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 24 (Engler). 
Living species: 9; forest regions of N. hemisphere. 
Russia, 4; Europe, 2; N. America, 5; California, 2; E. Sts., 3; 
Canada, 1; S. Sts., 8; Rocky mts., 1; Pl. King, 2; Pl. Wheel., 2. 
Veratrum viride Arr. Hort. Kew. ITI, 896 (1789). 
V. album Micux. FI. N. Am. I, 249 (1803). 
Helonias viridis Sims, Bot. Mag. 1096 (——)? 
Veratrum eschscholtzti GRAY, io Rothr. Alask. 456 (1867). 
V. album var. eschscholtzii DAWsOoN, Bound Rep. 374 (1875). 
2? V. album var. viridis REGEL, FI. Ussur. 153 (1862). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6ed. 534; Britt., Fl. N. J. 245; Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 51; Upham, Fl. Minn., 144; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 489; Wats., Fl. Calif. 
II, 182; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 1152; Wats., King Exp. 344; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. 
II, 5, 24. 
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