LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 227 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 55; Britt., Fl. N. J. 43; Upbam, 
Fl. Minn. 21; Chap., Fl. S. St. 19; Brew. and Wats., Fi. Calif. I, 16; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 483; Cov., Fl. Ark. 164; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 36; Engl. Caspary, 
Nat. Pflanz. III, 2, 6. 
E. India; Japan; one station in tropical W. Africa; 
Australia; Cuba. 
North America: Local from N. 8., N. Br, Q., Ont., 
Man. to Puget Sound. S. to Tex. and Fla. Absent in lower 
Miss valley and Rocky mt. region?; S. in Calif. ? 
Minn. valley: N. localities; principally N. E. in valley; 
local in lakes and ponds, sometimes abundant. 
Hers.: Sheldon 704, White Bear; Sheldon 492, Jefter- 
son lake, Le Sueur Co.; Ballard 898, Waconia lake, Carver Co.; 
Ballard 854, Page lake, Carver Co.; Herrick 22, Minneapolis. 
LEUCONYMPHAEA Lupw. Def. Pl. 69 (1737). 
Castalia Sauiss. Parad. Lond. 14, 68 (1805). 
Nymphaea LINN. Gen. 653 (1737) Emend. Sm. Prodr. Gr. I, 
361 (1808). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. III, 102; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 46; Engler 
and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 7 (Caspary); Durand. Ind. Gen. Phan. 10; 
Gray, Ill. Gen. I, 101; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 509; O. Kuntze, Rer. Gen. I, 12. 
Living species: 382; 20 (B. and H.); 25 (Durand); tem- 
perate regions of Northern hemisphere; Africa, Australia, 
South America, and a few in tropical waters. 1 sp. almost 
cosmopolitan; Russia, 5; Europe, 3; Russian Europe, 3; North 
America, 6; Canada, 3; HE. Sts.. 2; S. Sts., 2; Tex, 3; Rocky 
mts., 1. 
Fossil species: Upper Cretaceous, South of France, 
Tertiary N. Amer, France and Germany (Heer, Lesquerz., Sa- 
porta, Ettinghausen) 6-10 sp. 
Leuconymphaea reniformis (DC.). 
Nymphaea reniformis DO. Syst. I], 55 (1821), 
N. alba Nutr. Gen. II, 18 (1818). 
N. maculata and spiralis RaF. Med. Bot. II, 45 (1830), 
NN. tuberosa PAINE, Cat. Pl. Oneida 184 (1864). 
Castaha tuberosa GREENE, Torr. bull. XV, (1888). 
C. reniformis Cov. Fl. Ark. 164 (1891). 
Britt., Fl. N. J. 44; Webb., Fl. Neb. 117; Upham, Fl. Minn, 22: Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 31; Engl. Caspary, Nat. Pflanz. III, 2, 9; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 
39; Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 56. 
North America: Region around the Great Lakes. Com- 
mon throughout Minn., Wisc., Mich., Ont. and Man. ? 
Minn. valley: Abundant throughout in lakes and 
ponds, especially in the forest region. 
Hers.: Ballard 456, Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Sheldon 
