216 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
S. Europe; China? 
North America: Ont. and N. Eng. to Minn.;S. to Fla.; 
W. to Dak.? Neb. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co.; infre- 
quent; low grounds. 
Hers.: Taylor 552, Janesville. 
XXXVI. NYCTAGINACEAE. Four-o’Clock 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 310(1840); Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 1 (1880); 
Heimerl, in Hngler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b, 14 (1889). 
Genera: 15-16; tropical and warmer regions; princi- 
pally America; rare in Australia and almost wanting in Africa. 
Species: 160+; principally in tropical America. 
MIRABILIS Linn. Gen. 189 (1737). 
Adnirabilis CLus. Hist. II. 87 (1601). 
Nyctago Juss. Gen. 90 (1789). 
Jalapa MoENCH, Meth. 508 (1794). 
Quamoclidion CuHors. Prodr. 429 n. 2 (1849?). 
Acleisanthes A. GraAy, Brief. Char. Am. Jour. Sci. (II) XV, 
(—). 
? Nyctaginea Cuois. Mem. Gen. XII (1839). 
Pentacophrys A. Gray, Brief. Char. Am. Jour. Sci. (II) XV, 
(——}. 
Oxybaphus L’Her. ex Vahl. Enum. II, 39 (1806). 
Allionia LOEFFL. It. 181 (1758). 
Calyxhymenia OrtTEG. Dec. 5, t. 1 (1800). 
Calymenia Pers. Syn. I, 36 (1805). 
Vitmannia TurRA, ex Cav. Ic. III, add. (1794). 
Palavia and Bruguiera Cay. 1. c. (1794). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. IV, 18, 19; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 3, 4; Du- 
rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 331; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b, 24, 25; 
(Heimerl); Schenck, Palaeophyt. 491. 
Living species: 30; mostly W. and S. W. N. America, 
Central America and Chile; 14-15, N. America and Mexico. E. 
Sts., Canada, and S. Sts., 8; 1 sp. in Himalayas. 
Fossil species: Doubtful; 1-2 Gen. Nyctaginaceae in 
Oligocene and Miocene of W. N. America and Bohemia. 
Mirabilis angustifolius (NUTT.), 
Calymenia angustifolia Nutr. Fras. Cat. (1813). 
Allionia linearis Pursu, Fl. Am. I, 729 (1814). 
Oxybaphus angustifolius SwEEY, Hort. Brit. 567 (1827). 
Calyxhymenia pilosa EN@ELM. and GRAY, PI. Lindh. 293 (1845). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 425; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 302; Upham, Fl. Minn. 116; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 395; Wats., King, 
Exp. 284, 475; Roth., Wheel. Ex. 226; Cov., Fl. Ark. 214. 
