LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PROVUCING PLANTS. 215 
Euxolus Rar. Fl. Tell. 42 (1836). 
Pentreas Rar. 1. c. (1836). 
Albersia Kuntu, F. Berol. ed. 2, 144 (1838). 
Mengea ScnHavsr, Pl. Meyen 405 (1842?). 
Scleropus ScHrap. Ind. Gott. (1835). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 200, part; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. IIT, -28; 
Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 333. 
Living species: 50+; all warmer and tropical regions. 
Europe, 8; Russia, 8; Russian Europe, 7; North America, 15; 
S. Sts., 4; E. Sts., 8; Rocky mts., 5; California, 9; Pl. Wheel., 
6; Pl. King, 8; Canada, 5—introduced. 
Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. XII, 
278 (1878). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 428; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Mac , 
Fi. Can. I, 397; Coult., Fl. Colo. 305; Wats., Fl. Oalif. If, 41; Upham, Fl. 
Minn. 118; Greene, Fl. Fran. 163. 
North America: Mex. to N. Nev., lowa and Minn.; 
naturalized in Ont. and on Pac. coast. 
Minn. valley: W. districts and E. to Mankato; road- 
sides and waste places. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1541, Lake Benton; Taylor 877, 
Glenwood. 
XXXV. PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 310 (1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. 1, 858 
(1865); III, 78 (1880); Heimer], Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, Ib, 1 
(1889). 
Genera: 238; tropical and warmer regions. 50 per 
cent. tropical American. 
Species: 85+; principally in the tropics. 
PHYTOLACCA Linn. Gen. 884 (1787). 
Phytolaca and Sarcoca Rar. F). Tell. 627 (1836). 
Pircunia Mog. DC. Prodr. x1, II, 29 (1849). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. 1V, 50; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 84; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 340: Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b, 16 (Heimerl). 
Living species: 11; widely distributed, but absent 
from Australia. America, 6; Old World, 5; U. S., 1; Europe 
and Russia, 1. 
Phytolacea decandra Linn. Spec. 631 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 436; Britt., Fl. N J. 208: Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 116; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 375; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 
Mac., Fl. Can. I, 405; Cov., Fl. Ark. 215: Engl. Heimerl, Nat, Pflanz. IIT, 
1, 8-10. 
