154 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 
244, Minneapolis; Hummond 44, Lake City; Herb. Sheld. 1895, 
Hennepin Co.; Herb. Wickersheim 125, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; 
Herb. Moyer 239, Chippewa valley. 
Unifolium racemosum (Linn.) Barrr. Torr. Bull. (1888). 
Convallaria racemosa LINN. Spec. 315 (1753). 
Smilacina racemosa DesF. Ann. Mus. IX, 52 (1807). 
Smilacina ciliata Purso, Fl. Am. 232 (1814). 
Majanthemum racemosum LINK, Hnum. I, 343 (1821). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 525; Britt., Fl. N. J. 240; Mac., Fl. 
‘Can. II, 31; Upham, Fl. Minn. 145; Chap., Fl. S. St.481; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. 
II, 5, 79; Wats., King Exp. 345; Cov., Fl. Ark. 224. 
North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man. and 
Saskatchewan; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and 8. Car.; W. to Minn., 
EB. Kan. and Ark. S. to northern Mexico? 
Minn. valley: Forest district, and probably through- 
out; moist woods and banks of streams and lakes. 
HERB.: Sheldon 904, Sleepy Eye; Ballard 77, Chaska; 
Sheldon 136, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 12,Hlysian; 
Taylor 135, Janesville; Holzinger 283, Winona Co.; Kassube 
243, Minneapolis; Sandberg 579, Cannon Falls; Hammond 48, 
Lake City; Herb. Sheld. 1892, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 
124, Mankato. 
POLYGONATUM Apans. Fam. I, 54 (1768). 
Evallaria Neck. Elem, III, 189 (1790). 
Axillaria Rar. Jour. Phys. LXXXIX, 261 (1819). 
Campydorum SAuiss. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 64 (1822). 
Periballanthus FRANCH. ET SAV. ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 768; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 421; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 80 (Bngler); Schenck, Palaeophyt. 
362. 7 
Living species: 23; temperate N. hemisphere. Europe, 
6; Russia, 7; Russian Europe, 4; N. America, 2-8; E. Sts., 2; 
Canada, 2; S. Sts., 2; Rocky mts., 1. 
Polygonatum commutatum (SCHULT.) DizTR. Ott. Gartenz. 
222 (1835). 
Convallaria canaliculata WILLD. Spec. IV (1805), 
? Polygonatum canaliculatum Pursu, F]. Am. 235 (1814). 
Convallaria commutata ScauLT. Syst. VII, 1671 (1880). 
P. gigunteum DieTR. Ott. Gartenz. 322 (1835). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 525; Britt., Fl. N. J. 240: Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 146; Webb., Fl. Neb. 108; Mac., Fl. Can. II. 28; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
350; Wats., King Exp. 346; Cov., Fl. Ark, 224. 
North America: W. Ont. to Saskatchewan; S. to N. 
Eng., N. J. and Va.; W. to Mont., Ark. and N. Mex. 
