240 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Siberia: A. wolfgangiana (Bess.) Trautv. Pl. Sib. 
Bor. 9=our plant? 
North America: Man., Mich., Ills. to Mo.; W. to Colo,, 
Mont., Saskatchewan, Brit. Col., Coast range, Mackenzie, 
Alaska, beyond Arctic circle; alt. of 10,500 ft. in Colo. 
Minn. valley; Prairies and forest openings through- 
out; most abundant E. and N. 
HERB.: Oestlund 2, Ramsey Co.; Sandberg 2, Good- 
hue Co.; Kassube 2, Minneapolis; Taylor 745, Glenwood; Shel- 
don 1188, New Ulm; Herb. Wickersheim 5, Idlewild; Herb. 
Univ. Hammond 7, Lake City; Herb. Sheldon 1685, Minneapolis; 
Sheldon 1827, St. Paul; Herb. Moyer 2, Montevideo. 
CLEMATIS Linn. Gen. 460 (1737). 
Atragene LINN. Gen. 695 (1787). 
Navarelia DC. Syst. Veg. I, 187 (1818). 
Cheiropsis DC. 1. c. (1818). 
Meclatis Spacu, Suit. Buff. VLI, 257 (1839). 
Viorna PrErRs. Syn. I (1805). 
Viticella Morncu, Meth. (1794). 
Flammula DC. 1. c. (1818). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. I, 87; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 3: Engler and 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I1, 62; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 1: O. Kuntze, Rev. 
Gen. Pl. I, 2; Schenck, Paleophyt. 508; Gray, Ill. Gen. I, 18, 15. 
Species: 200+ described; 66 (Kuntze); probably 
+175; most temperate and tropical regions. Russia, 12; 
Europe, 8; European Russia, 5; N. America, 25; W. Tex., 5; 
Calif., 4; S. Sts., 9; E. Sts., 8; R. mts. 5; Can., 4; Pl. Wheel., 
4-5; Pl. King, 3. 
Fossil species: Pliocene or Quaternary of Japan 
(Nathorst); Tertiary of Europe (£ttinghausen, Heer, A. Br.). 
Clematis virginiana Linn. Amoen. 4, 275 (1755). 
Clematis cordata PursH, Fl. Am. I, 384 (1814). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 35; Chap., Fl. So. St. 4; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 117; Britt., Fl. N. J.33; Upham, Fl. Minn. 17; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 11. 
Coy., Fl. Ark. 162; Wats., Bibl. Ind I, 11. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to L. Winni- 
peg; 8. in E. U. S. to Fla. and La.; W. to E. Neb., Ark. and N. 
Tex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; Fort Snelling; Shakopee; 
New Ulm; Morton; Glenwood; Swedes Forest; Morris; river 
banks, with underbrush. 
Hers.: Taylor 839, Glenwood; Sheldon 939, Redwood 
Falls; Ballard 628, Chaska; Ballard 226, Jordan; Sheldon 730. 
Sleepy Eye; Ballard 750, Waconia; Herrick 1, Minneapolis; 
