LIST OF HIGHER SEED PRODUCING PLANTS. 238 
Baikal Sib. and Mongolia; China; Dahuria. It is not clear that 
these references belong to the N. American plant which is quite 
probably distinct and endemic. 
North America: N.S., N. Br. to Rocky mts. and lat. 
60° N.; U. S.; from Atl. to mts. of Colo. and S. to Ohio, Iowa 
and N. J. 
Minn. valley: Forest region throughout and wooded 
banks W. at luwer levels; damp and dark groves. 
Hers.: Taylor 516, Mud lake, Waseca Co.: Sheldon 
860, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 139, Madison Lake; She/don 82, Elysian; 
-Ballard 56, Chaska; Taylor 263, Janesville; Sandberg 38, Can- 
non Falls; Orstlund 9, Minneapolis; Herrick 19, Minneapolis; 
Bailey 291, St. Louis river; Kassube 17, Minneapolis; Herrick 
20, Minneapolis; Herb. Sheld. 1823, Hennepin Co.; Herb. Moyer 
22, Montevideo. 
AQUILEGIA Linn. Gen. 450 (1787). 
Baillon, Hist, Pl. I, 84; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. 1, 8; Engler and 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 59; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 2; Gray, 1ll. Gen. 
I, 39. 
Living species: 50+ described; possibly only 6-8 
actually distinct. Temperate northern hemisphere. Russia, 
9; European Russia, 1; Europe, 8; North America, 8; Calif., 2; 
E. Sts., 2; Canada, 5; S. Sts., 1; Rocky mts., 7; Pl. Wheel., 4; 
Pl. King, 5 
Aquilegia canadensis Linn. Spec. 533 (1753 
A. variegata MOENCH, Meth. 311 (1794). 
A. elegans SALISB. Prodr, 374 (1796). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 46; Coult., Fl. Colo. 10; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 116; Upham, Fl. Minn. 20; Chap., Fl. S. St. 9; Britt., Fl. N.J. 39; 
Mac., Fl. Can. I, 24; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 57; Engl. Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IIT, 
2, 59; Cov., Fl. Ark. 163; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 6. 
Russian empire? 
North America: Q., Ont., Man., Saskatchewan to 
Rocky mts.; S. E. toN. Eng., N. J., Fla. and W. in Northern 
States to Minn., Dak., Neb. and Colo.; S. in mts. to Arizona, 
N. Mex, and Mexico. 
Minn. valley: Throughout, but principally i in forest 
region; dry, wooded or sunny banks. 
HERB.: Sheldon 139, Madison Lake; Taylor 799, Glen- 
wood; Ballard 71, Chaska; Taylor 71, Elysian; Sheldon 934, 
Redwood Falls; Taylor 143, Janesville; Kassube 15, Minneapo- 
lis; Sandberg 37, Red Wing; Leonard 41, Washington P. O.; 
Hammond 4, Lake City; Herb. Sheld. 1878, Minneapolis; Herb. 
Moyer 20, Carlton lake, Chippewa Co. 
