268 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Nicollet Co. Glen five miles above Man- 
kato. Reported as local. 
ERYSIMUM Linn. Gen. 545 (1737). 
Braya S.andH. DC. Syst. IT, 210 (1821). 
Platypetalum R. Br. Appx. Parr. Voy. 266 (1823). 
Strophades Boiss. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. X VII, 73 (1842). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. III, 240; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 79; Engler 
and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 193 (Prantl); Durand, Ind. Phan..Gen. 15; 
Gray, lll. Gen. I, 149; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I, 27. 
Living species: 125 described; 80 clearly defined; 
Southern Europe, Mediterranean region and the Orient; also 
Central Asia and North America; Himalayas and Mexico; Rus. 
sia, 80; Europe, 80; Russian Europe, 19; North America, 4-5; 
E, Sts., 8; Calif. 1; Rocky mts., 4; W. Tex., 1; S. Sts., 1; Can- 
ada, 8; Pl. King, 2; Pl. Wheel., 5. 
Erysimum inconspicuum (S. WatTs.). 
Erysimum parviflorum Nutr. T. and G. FI. I, 95 (1838), not Pers. 
BE. lanceolatum Hoox. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 64 (1833) not R. Br. 
HE, asperum var. inconspicuum 8S. WATSON, King. Exp. 24 (1871). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 71; Coult., Fl. Colo. 22: Brew. 
and Wats. FI. Calif. I, 39; Upham, Fl. Minn. 25; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 45, 487; 
Wats., Bibl. Ind. I. 63. 
North America: Saskatchewan to Brit. Col. and N. 
W. T.; Alaska 62° 45’ N.; E. to Man. and Minn.; S. to Kan. 
Minn. valley: Sparingly, throughout; along railway 
tracks and sandy banks. 
Hers.: Sheldon 361, Madison Lake; Upham 1, Minne- 
apolis; Holzinger 23, Winona; Sandberg 66, Red Wing. 
Erysimum asperum (Nurt.) DC. Syst. II, 505 (1821). 
Cheiranthus asper Nutr. Gen. II, 69 (1818). 
Erysimum lanceolatum Pursu, Fl. Am 436 (1814) not R. Br. 
?E grandiflorum Nutr. ex Greene, Fl. Fran. 269 (1891). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. ed. 6, 71; Coult., Fl. Colo. 22: Brew. 
and Wats., Fl. Calif. 39; Webb., Fl. Neb. 118 in var.; Upham, Fl. Minn. 
25; Mac., FI. Can. I, 45; Coult., Fl. Tex. 16; Wats., King Exp. 24; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 64; Cov., Fl. Ark. 166; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 62; Webb., Appx. 
Neb. 30. 
North America: Saskatchewan and prairie-region of 
Can. to Calif., Colo., Arizona and Mexico; E. to Tex., Ohio and 
Minn. 
Minn. valley: W.andS. W. portions, only; dry sandy 
prairie at higher levels. 
Hers.: Sheldon 1407, Lake Benton. 
