LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. alg 
North America: Milk river, Cyprus hills, 49° N. lat. 
to Minn., Neb. and Tex.; E. to Iowa, W. to Cent. Idaho. 
Minn. valley: N. E. and N, W districts; probably 
almost throughout; dry or rocky ridges. 
HERB.: ? Oestlund 155, Minneapolis; ° Herrick 256, 
Minneapolis. 
Mirabilis hirsutus (Purss). 
Allionia hirsuta PursH, FI. Am. 729 (1814). 
Calymenia hirsuta Nurt. Gen. I, 26 (1818). 
Oxybaphus hirsutus SWEET, Hort. Brit. 567 (1827). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 425; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 395; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 114; Upham, Fl. Minn.116; Coult., Fl. Colo. 302; Wats., King, 
Exp. 475; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 226. 
North America: N. Saskatchewan and Assiniboia to 
Colo., Neb., W. Tex., Ark. and Wisc. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; abundant in prairie dis- 
trict; rocky or dry banks. 
HERB.: Taylor 870, Glenwood; Sheldon 1342, Lake 
Benton; Taylor 139, Glenwood; Sheldon 1446, Pipestone—dwarf 
forma minima; Ballard 376, Jordan; Herrick 257, Minneapolis; 
Oestlund 254, Minneapolis; Sandberg 477, Red Wing; Herb. 
Moyer 212, Montevideo. 
Mirabilis nyctagineus (MICHx.). 
Allionia nyctaginea MicHx. FI. I, 100 (1803). 
Oxybaphus nyctagineus SWEET, Hort. Brit. 537 (1827). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 425; Upham, Fl. Minn. 116; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 395; Webb., Fl. Neb. 114; Coult., Fl. Colo. 302; Roth., Wheel. 
Exp. 226; Wats., King. Exp. 475; Cov., Fl. Ark. 214. 
North America: Souris river and Lake of Woods, 
Man.; S. to Mont., Tex. and N. Mex.; E. to Wisc., Neb., Ark. 
and La. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; rocky or waste hillsides 
and shaded banks. 
Hers.: Ballard 370, Helena, Scott Co.; Taylor 592, 
Minnesota lake; Ballard 762, Waconia; Sheldon 1107, Spring- 
field; Sheldon 366, Madison Lake; Taylor 340, Janesville; Shel- 
don 1577, Lake Benton; Oestlund 153, Minneapolis; Holzinger 
194, Winona Co.; Herrick 256, Minneapolis; Kassube 972, Men- 
dota; Sandberg 476, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1743, Minne- 
apolis; Herb. Moyer. 211, Montevideo. 
XXXVII PORTULACACEAE. Portulaca 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 946 (1840); Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. I, 155 (1865); 
Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz 3, I b, 51 (1889). 
