LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 213 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 434; Wats., Fl. Calif.eII, 57; 
Upham, Fl. Minn. 117; Webb., Fl. Neb. 113; Coult., Fl. Colo. 311; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 403; II, 352; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 326; Herd., FI. 
Eur. Ross. 108; Wats., King Exp. 293; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 238; Cov., Fl. 
Ark. 215; Led., Fl. Russ III, 759; Rothr., Alask. 455. 
S. Europe to Caucasus, N. W. India, Manchuria and 
China. 
North America: Ont. and Gt. Lake region to Red, 
Saskatchewan and Athabasca valleys; Gt. Slave lake, N. W. T., 
Alaska to Pt. Barrow; S. to Minn., Neb., Ark., Colo.; Rockies 
from Brit. Col. to Sierras and Mexico; E. to Ills. 
Minn. valley: N. E. and N. W. districts; local and in- 
frequent; sandy beaches of lakes and along streams. 
HERB.: Taylor 1187, Glenwood; Roberts 113, Minne- 
sota Point. 
SALSOLA Linn. Gen. 193 (1737). 
Caroxylon THuns. PI. Nov. Gen. II, 37 (1782). 
Halothamnus Jaus. and Spacu, Ill. Or. t. 136 (1844). 
Kenth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 71; Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 186; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 338. 
Living species: 40+; temperate and subtropical reg- 
ions. N. America, 1, Atl. states. 
Salsola kali Linn. Spec. 222 (1753). 
S. caroliniana WALT. FI. Car. (1788). 
S. carolina Micnx. Fl. Am. I, 174 (1803). 
S. kali var. caroliniana Nutr. Gen. I, 199 (1818). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 435; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 405; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 208: Webb., Fl. Neb. 113; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 110; Nym., Fl. 
Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 343. 
Cosmopolitan species. 
North America: N.S. and N. Br. to N. Eng. and Va.; 
W. to Minn. and Neb. 
Minn. valley: W. and N. W. districts; saline or alka- 
line places; commonly confounded with Corispermum. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1196, New Ulm; Taylor 1180, Glen- 
wood. 
XXXIV. AMARANTACEAE. Amaranth Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 300 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III , 
20 (1880). . 
Genera: 50; temperate and warmer regions, 
Species: 500; many cosmopolitan. 
ACNIDE Linn. Gen. ed. V, 987 (1754). 
Montelia A. Gray, Man. ed. 2, 369 (1852), 
