LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 159 
Hers.: Taylor 945,Glenwood; Sheldon 311, Madison 
Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 819, Glenwood; Taylor 199, 
Janesville; Taylor 710, Minnesota lake; Tuylor 30, Elysian; 
Sheldon 700, Waseca; Kassube 238, Minneapolis; Juni 15, Min- 
neapolis; Sandberg 565, Red Wing; and in var. puverulenta 
(Michx.); Sheldon 2124, Lake Washington, Blue Earth Co.; 
Sheldon 882, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1891, 
Minneapolis; Herb. Wichersheim 120. Mankato; Herb. Wicker- 
sheim 121, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Herb. Moyer 235, var. puveru- 
lenta (Michx.), Montevideo. 
XVIII AMARYLLIDACEAE. Amaryllis Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 147 (1840); Benth. and Hook.,Gen. Pl. III, 711 
(1883); Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 97 (1887). 
Genera: 70; temperate and warmer regions. 
Species: 700; principally subtropical. 
HYPOXIS Linn. Gen. ed. VI, 417 (1764) 
Janthe, Spiloxene SAtiss. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 44 (1822?). 
Niobea WILLD. Rel. Schult. Syst. VII, 762 (1830). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 717; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 415; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 121 (Pax). 
Living species: 50; tropical regions; Australia; N. 
America; S. Africa and Mascerene Isls. N. America, 2; 
Rocky mts., 1; EH. Sts., 2; S. Sts., 2. 
Hypoxis erecta Linn. Spec. ed. 2, 489 (1762). 
H. carolinensis MicHx. FI. N. Am. I, 188 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 517; Britt., Fl. N. J. 238; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 142; Mac., Fl. Can. II. 26; Webb., Fl. Neb. 108; Chap.,Fl. 8. St. 
468; Cov. Fl. Ark. 223. 
North America: Prairie region of Can. from Assini- 
boia to Ont.; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Neb., 
E. Kan. and Tex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; meadows and hillsides. 
Hers.: Taylor 347, Janesville; Ballard 277, Jordan, 
Scott Co.; Herrick 300, Minneapolis; Kassube 235, Minneapolis; 
Sandberg 560, Cannon Falls; Hammond 40, Lake City; Herb. 
Sheld. 1841, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 119, Idlewild, 
Lincoln Co.; Herb. Moyer 232, Black Oak lake, Chippewa Co. 
XIX. DIOSCOREACEAE. Yam Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 157 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 741 
(1883); Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, V, 131 (1887). 
Genera: 9 living; 2 extinct. Warmer regions. 
Species: 175+; 5-6 extinct. 
