LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 211 
Asia; Siberia—Baikal and Transbaikal. 
North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Sas- 
katchewan and Minn.; S. to Fla., Ark., Kan., Neb. and Dak. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Cottonwood valley; in- 
frequent W.; abundant E.; low places and thickets. 
Hers.: Sheldon 209, Lake Washington, Blue Earth Co. ; 
Ballard 657, Waconia; Sheldon 209a, Madison Lake, Blue Harth 
Co.; Ballard 498, Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Ballard 538, Cleary’s 
lake, Scott Co.; Ballard 723, Benton, Carver Co.; Roberts 117, 
Stewart river; Kassube 209, Minneapolis; Herrick 260, Minne- 
apolis; Cestlund 163, Minneapolis. 
XXXII. CHENOPODIACEAE. Goosefoot 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 292 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 43 
(1880); Moquin-Tandon, DC. Predr. xiii, II, 41 (1849)— Salsolaceae; Volkers 
in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I a, 36 (1892). 
Genera: 80; cosmopolitan; many of them composed of 
halophytes or xerophytes; few in tropics or polar regions. 
Species: 550+; many widely distributed. 
CHENOPODIUM Linn. Gen. 191 (1787). 
Oligandra Less. Linon. IN, 199 (1835). 
Lipandra Mog. Chen. En. 19 (1840). 
Gandriloa STEuD. Nom. ed. 2 (1841). 
Oliganthera ENDL. Gen. Suppl. I, 1877 (1843). 
Ambrina Spacu, Suit. Buff. V, 295 (1836). 
Botrydium Spacu, Suit. Buff. V, 298 (1836). 
Teloxys Moq. Ann. Sci. Nat. 2, I, 129 (1834). 
Blitum Linn. Gen. 14 (1737). 
Morocarpus MoENcH, Meth. 342 (1794). 
Oxybasis Kar. and Kir. Bull. Imp. Soc. Mosc. 738 (1841). 
Agathophyton Mog. Ann. Sci. Nat. 2, I, 191 (1834). 
Orthosporum NeEEs, Gen. Germ. Monochl. n 58 (1835). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 166; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 51; Du- 
rand, Ind. Gen. Phan, 336; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 491. 
Living species: 50; cosmopolitan; Europe, 13; Rus- 
sia, 15; Russian Europe, 12; California, 11-18; HE. Sts., 5; Can- 
ada, 5; Rocky mts., 8; S. Sts., 2; Pl. King, 4; Pl. Wheel., 6; 
interior regions, 8-9. 
Chenopodium rubrum Linn. Spec. 219 (1758). 
Blitum maritimum Nutr. Gen. Add. (1818). 
B. rubrum REIcHB. Fl. Germ. Exc. 582 (1832). 
B. polymorphum C. A. Mry. Fi. Alt. I, 13 (1829). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 432; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 400; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 207; Upham, Fl. Minn. 117 and Suppl. Minn. 86; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
