224 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Species in N. Eur. and N. Asia to Himalayas and 
China; variety perhaps in Amurland and Baikal Siberia. 
North America: Ont. and N. Y. to N. J., Minn. and 
Mo. 
Minn. valley: S. E. districts; rare; rocky or sandy 
banks. 
Hers.: Holzinger 39, Winona Co. 
Cerastium nutans Rar. Prec. Decouv. 36 (1814). 
C. longipedunculatum Munu. Cat. 47 (1813). 
C. glutinosum Nutr. Gen. I, 291 (1818). 
C. tenellum FENZL. Ann. Mus, Wien (1835), 
C. oblongifolium ANDERS. Cat. Pl. Nev. J18 (—). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 88; Coult., Fl. Colo. 33; Webb., Fl, 
Neb. 114; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 50; Brew. and Wats. FI. Calif. I, 66; Britt., Fl. 
N.J 63; Upham, Fl. Mion. 32; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 77; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 71, 
Wats., King Exp. 38; Cov., Fl. Ark. 168; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 100; Hart. Fl 
Scand. I, 29, . 
North America: N. 8S., N. Br., Q. to Man., Hudson 
Bay and Vancouver; 8. to Vt.,N. J., Penn. and N. Car., Tenn. 
and Ark.; W. to Colo., Minn., Neb., Utah, Washington; S. in 
Rockies to Northern Mexico. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co.; banks 
of streams to Chippewa river; moist woods and meadows. 
Heres.: Sheldon 182, Hagle lake, Blue Earth Co.; 
Taylor 68, Elysian; Sundberg 97, Vasa; Kassube 45, Minneapolis; 
Holzinger 38, Winona Co.; Leiberg 12, Blue Harth Co.; Herb. 
Moyer 40, Montevideo; Herb. Sheld. 1871, Ramsey Co. 
MOEHRINGIA Linn. Gen. ed. IT, 386 (1742). 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, 1 b, 84 (Pax); Baillon, Hist. Pl. IX, 
113; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 150; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 30; Gray, 
Ill. Gen. II, 35. 
Living species: 20+; colder regions of N. hemisphere. 
Moehringia lateriflora (Linn.) Fenzyu. Ann. Mus. Wien, I, 
18, 38 (1835). 
Avenaria lateriflora LINN. Spec. 423 (1758). 
A. buxifolia Por. Enc. Meth. VI, 362 (1804). 
Stellaria biflora PursH, Fl. Am. 317 (1814) 
Arenaria pennsylvanica Muuu. Ind. Fl. Lancaster, 169 (1817). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 86; Britt., Fl. N. J. 64; Webb., FI. 
Neb. 114; Coult., Fl. Colo.36; Upham, Fl. Minn. 32; Brew. and Wats., FI. 
Calif. I, 70; Regel, Fl. Ost.-Sib. I, 376; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 85; Mac. Fl. Can. 
I, 73, 497; Miyabe, Fl. Kur.221; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 84; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 72; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 96; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 242; Rothr., 
Alask, 444. 
Kamtschatka; Dahuria; Baikal Sib.; Kurile Isls. to 
Scandinavia. 
