LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 223 
Vermilion lake; Sandberg 94, Tower; Holzinger 38, Goodhue 
Co.; Holzinger 39, Winona Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1720, Minneapolis; 
Herb. Moger 39, Chippewa river near Montevideo. 
CERASTIUM Linn. Gen. 376 (1737). 
Dichodon Barri. Endl. Gen. 970 (1836-40). 
Moenchia Euru. Beitr. II, 177 (1788). 
Pentaple Reicu. Ic. Fl. Germ. V, 37 (1842). 
Dufourea GREN. ex Endl. Gen. 967 (1836-40). 
Esmarckia Reicu. Ic. Fl. Germ. V, 227 (1842). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. [, 148; Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 112. Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 30; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz: 3, I b. 80-81 (Pax); 
Gray, ll. Gen. II, 39. 
Living species: 60+; 100 described; 40 (B. and H.); 
45 (Durand); Russia, 35; Hurope, 39; Russian Europe, 18; 
9-11, North America; Canada, 9; mid. Calif., 4; S. Sts., 4; EH. 
Sts., 2; Rocky mts., 8; Pl. King, 3; Pl. Wheel., 3; W. Tex., 2. 
Cerastium arvense Linn. Spec. 488 (1753). 
C. pennsylvanicum HORNEM. Hort. Hafn. 435 (1813). 
CO. elongatum and tenuifolium PursH, Fl. Am. 321 (1814). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 88; Pritt., Fl. N. J. 62; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 33; Coult., Fl. Colo. 33; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif, I, 67; 
Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 60; Chap., Fl. S. St. 50; Regel, Fl. O.-Sib. I, 444 
Mac., Fl. Can. I, 77: Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 66; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 412; 
Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Eur. Russ. 28; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 100; Engl. Pax, 
Nat. Pflanz. III, 1, 80; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 71; Wats., King Exp. 38; 
Greene, Fl. Fran. 121. 
Arctic Europe; N. Africa; Siberia; W. Asia; Patagonia; 
Chile. 
North America: N.S. to Vancouver; N. U. S. from 
Maine to Va.; W. to Minn., Colo., Utah, Nev. and Calif. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; but rare; less common E. 
than W.; dry or rocky places. 
HERB.: ? Sandberg 98, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker- 
sheim 24, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Sheldon 1490, Pipestone city. 
Cerastium arvense LINN. var. bracteatum (RagF.). 
C. arvense PursH. FI. Am. 231 (1814). 
C. villosum MunHL, Cat. 46 (1813. 
C. bracteatum RAF. Prec. Decouv. 36 (1817). 
C. pubescens GOLDIE, Edin. Phil. Journ. IV, 328 (1821). 
C. oblongifolium Torr. FI. U.S. 460 (1824). 
C. pennsylvanicum Hoox. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 104 (1833). 
QG. arvense var. oblongifolium Britt. and Hout. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 88; Upham, Fl, Minn. 32; Regel, 
Fl. O.-Sib. I, 445; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 77; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 66; 
Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 28; Engl, Pax, Nat. Pflapz. ITI, 1, 80: Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. I, 101. 
