178 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Scoria minima (MaRsu.). 
Juglans alba-minina MarsH. Arbust. Amer. 68 (1785). 
J. angustifolia LAM. Enc. Meth. IV, 504 (1797). 
J. amara Micux. Sylv. I, 177 (1810). 
Hicoria amara RAF. FI. Lud. 109 (1817). 
Carya amara Nutr. Gen. II, 222 (1818). 
Hicoria minima Brirr. Torr. Bull. XV, (1888). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed.; Upham, Fl. Minn. 125. 
Minn. valley: Forest district, throughout; damp 
woods and banks of streams. 
HerB.: Sheldon 312, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; 
Ballard 88, Chaska; Sheldon 814, Sigel township, Brown Co.; 
Herrick 274, Minnetonka; Leiberg 59, Blue Earth Co.; Holzinger 
252, Winona Co. 
Scoria ovata (MILL.). 
Juglans ovata MILu. Dict. (1768). 
?J. squamosa Lam. Enc. Meth. IV, 504 (1797). 
J. compressa GAERTN. Fruct. II, 50 (1791). 
J. alba Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 193 (1803). 
Carya microcarpa Nutt. Gen. II, 221 (1818). 
C. alba Nutr. Gen. II, 221 (1818). 
Hicoria ovata Britt. Torr. Bull. XV, (1888). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 468; Mac. Fl. Can. I, 433; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 110; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 418; Cov., Fl. Ark. 219; Engl., Nat. Pflanz. 
III, 1, 25; Upham, Fl. Minn. 125. 
North America: N. of Lake Erie and to St. Clair 
river; N. Eng., N. J. to Fla.; W. to Minn., Neb,, Kan. and N. 
Mex. 
Minn. valley: Reported from the S. E. edge; rich 
woodland. 
XXIII. MYRICACEAE. Sweet-Gale Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 270 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 400 
(1880); Engler, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 26 (1887). 
Genera: 1; temperate and warmer regions except 
Australia. Tertiary distribution principally European and N. 
American to Greenland; and Asia to Saghalin. 
Species: 85+; fossil sp. very numerous. 
MYRICA Linn. Gen. 744 (1787). 
Nageia GAERTN. Fruct. I, 191 (1788. 
Morella Lour. Cochinch, 548 (1790). 
Comptonia BANKS, Gaertn. Fruct. IT, 58 t. 90(1791). 
Faya Wess. Phyt. Can. LV, 272 (1847), 
Gale SpacH, Suit. Buff. XI, 258 (1842). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 259; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. ITI. 400; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 380; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I. 27 (Engler); 
Schenck, Palaeophyt. 452. 
