LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 155 
Minn. valley: Throughout; common;, woods and shady 
banks of lakes and streams. 
HeERB.: Taylor 118a, Janesville; Ballard 67, Chaska; 
Sheldon 41, Elysian; Taylor 34, Elysian; Oestlund 201, Hennepin 
Co.; Holzinger 287, Winona Co.; Herrick 314, Minneapolis; Sand- 
berg 684, Cannon Falls; Hammond 45, Lake City; Herb. Wicker- 
sheim 126, Lake Benton. 
Polygonatum biflorum (WaLt,) Ext Sk. (1823). 
Convallaria biflora WALT. FI. Car. 122 (1788). 
C. multiflora Micux. FI. I, 202 (1803). 
Polygonatum angustifolium, ? canaliculatum, pubescens, ?hirtum, luti- 
folium and multiflorum Pursu, FI. I, 234-235 (1814). 
Convallaria parviflora Por. Suppl. Enc. Meth. IV, 29 (1816). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 525; Britt.. Fl. N. J. 240; Mac., 
Fl]. Can. II, 28; Chap., Fl. S. St. 481; Upham, Fl. Minn. 146; Engl., Nat. 
Pflanz, II, 5, 81; Cov., Fl. Ark. 224; Webb., Appx. Neb. 26. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound, 
Georgian Bay and S. Man.; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. 
to Minn., Neb., E. Kan., Ark. and Tex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; frequent; woods and shady 
banks of lakes and streams. 
Hers.: Taylor 262, Janesville; Sheldon 116, Madison 
Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Ballard 69, Chaska; Holzinger 286, Winona 
Co.; Herrick 318, Minneapolis; Kassube 246, Minneapolis; Sand- 
berg 588, Cannon Falls; Hammond, 48, Lake City; Herb. Moyer 
240, Carlton lake, near Montevideo. 
MEDEOLA Linn. Gen. 305 (1787). 
Gyromia Nutr Gen. I, 238 (1818). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 883; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 432; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 83 (Engler). 
Living species: 1; Atlantic N. America. 
Medeola virginiana Linn. Spec. 339 (1758). 
M. virginica Linn. Spec. ed 2 (1762). 
Gyromia virginica Nutr. Gen. I, 238 (1818). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 530; Britt., Fl. N. J. 244; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 144; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 48; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 479: Engl.,Nat. Pilanz 
II, 5, 88; Cov., Fl. Ark. 225. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound 
and Georgian Bay; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Mid. Fla.; W. to Minn., 
Ind. and Ark. 
Minn valley: Reported from N. E. district; rare; rich 
woodland and banks of streams. 
