LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 219 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Ont., Man., Saskatch- 
ewan to Alaska; S. to N. Eng., N. J., N. Car.; W. to Ohio, 
Minn., Neb., Mo. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 
Earth Co.; damp woodland and in open groves. 
HeErs.: Sandberg 99, Goodhue Co.; Leiberg 13, Blue 
Earth Co.; Leiberg 14, Blue Earth Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1872, St. 
Paul; Herb. Wickersheim 25, Mankato. 
PORTULACA Linn. Gen. 841 (1787). 
Meridiana Linn. f. Suppl. 248 (1781). 
Merida Neck. Elem. 1195 (1790). 
Lamia VAND. Roem. Script. 116 (1796). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. 1X, 67; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 156; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 31; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3,1 b, 59 (Pax); Gray, 
Ll. Gen. I, 227. 
Living species: 20+; tropical and subtropical regions, 
especially N. America and N. Australia. One species cos- 
mopolitan; one other widely diffused. 16 sp. (B. and H.); Rus- 
sia, Russian Europe and Europe, 1; North America, 10; W. 
Tex., 6; Calif., 8; S. Sts., 3; Rocky mts., 1; HE. Sts., 2; PL 
King, 1; Pl. Wheel., 1-2. 
Portulaca retusa ENGELM. andGray, Pl. Lindh. 154 (1845). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man., 6 ed. 90; Coult., Fl. Colo. 37; Brew. and 
Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 74; Upham, Fl. Minn. 33; Coult., Fl. Tex. 31; Wats., 
Bibl. Ind. I, 121. 
North America: Colo. river to Tex.; N. to Ark.? Kan., 
Iowa and Minn 
Minn. valley: West and on higher levels; waste ground 
along streams. 
XXXVIII. CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Pink Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 955 (1840); St. Hil., Mem. Plac. Lib. 56 (1816)— 
Paronychiece; R. Br., Prodr. 413 (1810)—Illecebraceae; De Candolle, Fl. 
France, 3 ed. IV, 766 (1805)—Alsinaceae; Bartling, Ord. Nat. 305 (1830)— 
Silenaceae and 300, Scleranthaceae; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 141; ITI, 
12 (1865-1880); Pax, Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I b, 60 (1889). 
Genera: 70; cosmopolitan in distribution. 
Species: 1250; many cosmopolitan; principally in N. 
temperate zone. 
SILENE Linn. Gen. 372 (1787). 
Heliosperma Reicu. Ic. Fl. Germ. VI, 277 (1842). 
Elisanthe Fenzu. Endl. Gen. 972 (1836-40). 
Carpophora Kiotzscu, Reis. Wald. 139 (1840?). 
Cucubalus SpacH, Suit. Buff. V, 172 (1838). 
