164 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; to Kasota; N. E. and N. 
districts; bogs and damp woodland. 
Hers.: Ballard 16, Chaska; Kassube 282, Minneapolis; 
Holzinger 275, Winona Co.; Ballard 1003, Zumbrota; Holzinger 
276, Winona Co.; Hammond 39, Lake City; Herb. Sheld. 1642, 
Lake Calhoun, Hennepin Co.; 1676, Minneapolis; 1907, Ramsey 
Co. 
Cypripedilum eandidum Muni. Willd. Spec. IV, 142 (1805). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 510: Britt., Fl. N. J. 236; Webb., 
Fl. Neb, 109; Upham, Fl. Minn. 142. 
North America: N. Y., N. J., Penn. to Minn., Neb., 
Mo., Ky. 
Minn. valley: Forest district and W. to Pomme des 
Terre valley; local or infrequent; bogs and wet woods. 
HERB.: Leiberg 72, Blue Earth Co.; Kassube 231, Min- 
neapolis; Sandberg 555, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1902, Ram- 
sey Co.; Herb. Moyer 231, Sparta township, Chippewa Co. 
Cypripedilum arietenum R. Br. Hort. Kew. V, 222 (1818). 
Cryosanthes borealis RAF. Jour. Phys. LXX XIX, 102 (1819). 
Arietinum americanun BECK, Bot. 352 (1833). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 510; Upham, Fl. Minn. 142; Mac., 
Fl. Can. II, 20; Engl. Pfitzer, Nat. Pflanz. IJ, 6, &3. 
North America: Q., Ont. to Saskatchewan; S. to Maine, 
N. N. Y., Mich. and Minn. 
Minn. valley: N. W. district and N. edge; infrequent 
or local; swamps and wet forests. 
HERB.: Taylor 1122, Glenwood; Gedge 14, Riverton. 
ORCHIS Linn. Gen. 681 (1787) p. p. 
Traunsteinera REICHB. FI. Sax. 87 (1842). 
Strateuma SAtiss. Trans. Hort. Soc. I, 290 (1812). 
Barlia PARLAT. FI. It. IIT, 445 (1862?). 
Loroglossum L. C. Rico. Mem. Mus. Par. IV, 47 (1808). 
Himantoglossum Sprene. Syst. III, 675 (1826). 
Comperia C. Kocu, Linn, XXII, 287 (1848). 
Anacamptis L. C. Rich. Mem. Mus. Par. IV, 47 (1808). 
Aceras R. Br. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, V, 191 (1813). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 620, 621; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phun. 402; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, VI, 88, 89, 90 (Pfitzer); Schenck, Paleo- 
phyt. 388. . 
Living species: 75-80; Europe; temperate Asia; N. 
Africa; Canaries; N. America. Europe, 75; N. America, 3; 
Canaries, 2; Russia, 25; Russian Europe, 25; Atl. N. America: 
Canada, 3; E. Sts., 2; S. Sts., 1. 
Fossils: 2 genera of Orchidaceae are described by 
Massalongo from Eocene of Mt. Bolca. 
