204 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; prairie district, saline or 
alkaline marshes. 
HeErRB.: Sheldon 1569, Lake Benton; Ballard 286, Jor- 
dan, Scott Co.; Herrick 261, Minneapolis; Bailey 1, Vermilion 
lake; Herrick 262, Minneapolis; Hammond 36, Lake City; Herb. 
Moyer 216, Montevideo, 
Rumex persicarioides Linn. Spec. 335 (1753). 
A. anthozanthum Murr. Prodr. Gott. 52 (1770). 
A. aureus Wired. Arr. 356 (1776). 
&. maritimus Auct. Amer. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 439; Britt., Fl. N. J. 211; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 112; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 417; Upham, Fl. Minn. 121; Chap., Fl. 8. 
St. 386; Coult., Fl. Colo. 318; Wats. Fl. Calif. II, 9; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 
348; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 110; Wats., King Exp. 314; 
Coy., Fl. Ark. 216; Led., Fl. Ross. III, 500; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 338; Tre- 
lease, Rev. Rum. 93; Greene, Fl. Fran. 139. 
Europe: Scand. and Brit. to Servia and Mid. Russ. 
North America: N. Br., Ont., Man., Saskatchewan to 
Hudson Bay and Rocky mts.; S., E. of Sierras, to N. Mex., 
and E. to Atl. coast and N. Car. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; marshy or alkaline and 
saline localities. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1252, Lake Benton; Sheldon 758, Sleepy 
Eye; Ballard 654, Chaska; Ballard 500, Priov’s lake, Scott Co.; 
Taylor 653, Minnesota lake; Oestlund 165, Minneapolis; Kas- 
sube, 211, Minneapolis; Herrick 263, Minneapolis; Leiberg 52, 
Blue Earth Co. ‘ 
POLYGONUM Linn. Gen. ed. V. 445 (1754). 
Tephis ADANS. Fam. IJ, 276 (1763). 
Lagunea Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 220 (1790). 
Tovara ADANS. Fam. II, 276 (1763). 
Antenoron RAF. Fl. Lud. 28 (1817). 
Ampelygonum LINDL. Bot. Reg. (1838). 
Echinocaulos Hassk. Flora (1842). 
Chylocalyx Hassk. MSS. 
Thysanella A.GRAy, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. V, 232 (1847). 
Bilderdykia Dumort, Flor. Belg. 18 (1827). 
Pleuropterus Turcz. Bull. Imp. Soc. Mosc. 587 (1848). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. T11; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 342; Schenck, 
Palaeophyt. 490-491; Engl.-Damm., Nat. Pflanz. 3, I a, 25. 
Living species: 150; cosmopolitan; N. rather than S. 
Europe, 31; Russia, 31; Russian Europe, 22; 8. Sts., 18; Rocky 
mts., 16; Canada, 29-81; California, 25; E. Sts., 21; Pl. King, 
11-12; Pl. Wheel., 11; N. America and Mexico, 50+. 
Fossil species: Tertiary, Spitzbergen (Hee); Oen- 
