226 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Living species: 2; North America: to W. Indies and U. 
S. of Colombia, 1; Japan, warmer regions of Australia and 
Asia to Caspian sea, 1. 
Fossil species: 5-6; Upper Cretaceous, Greenland 
(Heer); S. Europe ( Ettinghausen) Oligocene and Neocene. 
Nelumbo nelumbo (Linn.) MacM. Torr. Bull. XIX (1891). 
Nymphaea nelumbo var. B. LINN. Spec. 511 (1753). 
Nelumbiun liteum Wi~ip. spec. II, 1259 (1799). 
Nelumbo lutea Pers. Syst. (1805). 
Cyanus pentapetalus PursH, Fl. Am. 393 (1814). 
Cyamus lutea Nurr. Gen. IT, 25 (1-18). 
Nelumbium codophyllum RAF. FI. Lud. 22 (1817). 
Nelumbium jamaicense DC. Syst. II, 47 (1821). 
Wats. and Coult.. Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 55; Britt., Fl. N. J. 43; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 117; Chap., Fl. S. St. 18; Uphim, Fl. Minn. 22; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 
31, 484; Gris., Fl. W.I; Engl. Caspary, Nat. Pflanz. III, 2,5; Coult. Fl. 
Tex. 11; Cov., Fl. Ark. 164; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 36. 
U.S. of Colombia; Jamaica. 
North America: Ont. to N. Eng. and N. J.; Fla.; W. 
to Mich., Minn., Neb. and Tex. on the Rio Grande. 
Minn. valley: Reported at Mendota and Halstead’s 
bay, Lake Minnetonka; local, N. E. 
HerRB.: Holzinger 12, Fountain City; Sandberg 44, 
Red Wing. 
BRASENIA Scores. Gen. Pl. 872 (1774). 
Ixodia SoLAND. Mss. ex Endl. Gen. 
Hydropeltis L. C. Rich. Ann. Mus. XVII, 230 (1811). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. III, 102; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 46; Engler 
and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. (\Caspary) 3, II, 6; Durand, ZInd. Gen. Phan. 10; 
Gray, Ill. Gen. 95; Schenck, Palaeophyt 509 (sub Nymphaeites ?). 
Living species: 1. In all regions outside of Europe 
and arctic or subarctic zones. Asia, Africa, Oceanica. America. 
Fossil species: A number of leaves are referred to 
the Nymphaeaceae by different authors; some of which doubt- 
less bear affinities with Brasenia. See Caspary, Monog. Nymph. 
and Saporta, Untersuchungen. Dawson (Can. Geol. Surv.) 
reports Brasenia from the Eocene of Canada. It doubtless 
dates back to the Cretaceous or Jurassic. 
Brasenia peltata (THUNB.) PursH, Fl. Am. 389 (1814). 
Menyanthes peltata et nymphoides THuns. Nov. Act. Ups. VI, 
142 (1746). 
Hydvropeltis purpurea Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 324 (1803). 
Brasenia hydropeliis MUHL. Cat. 55 (18138). 
Limnanthemum peltatum GRiskB. Gent. 348 (1839), 
Braseniu purpurea Case. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. IJ, 256 (1850). 
Brasenia nymphoides BAILL. Hist. Pl. III, 82 (1872). 
