292, METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Hers.: Ballard 207, Jordan, Scott Co.: Sheldon 854, 
Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 43, Elysian; Taylor 133, Janesville; Bai- 
ley 170, Vermilion lake; Holzinger 67, Winona Co.; Herrick 101, 
Minneapolis; Kassube 77, Minneapolis; Sandberg 178, Cannon 
Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1852, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 40, 
Lake Park, Becker Co.; 41, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. 
Rubus triflorus Ricw. Frankl. Journ. 2 ed. 19 (1825). 
R. saxatilis var. canadensis MicHx. Fl. N. Am. I, 298 (1803). 
R. saxatilis var. americanus Pers. Syn. IT, 52 (1807). 
Cylactis montana RaF. Ann. Journ. Sci. 1, I, 377 (1820). 
Rubus saxatilis KiekL. FI. Bost. 2 ed. 201 (1824). 
RR. canadensis Torr. Fl. U.S. 488 (1824). 
R. aegopodioides SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 565 (1825). 
R. mucronatus SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 565 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 154; Britt., Fl. N. J. 93; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 51; Mac.,F). Can. I, 129: Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. III, 3, 29; 
Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 318. 
North America: Labrador to Hudson Bay and Pac. 
in Can.; S. to N. J.; W. to Minn., Iowa, Dak. and Mont. 
Minn. valley: Forest district, Ft. Snelling to Blue 
Earth Co. and New Ulm; wooded banks and hillsides. 
HERB.: Kassube 76, Minneapolis; Holzinger 66, 
Winona Co.; Sandberg 177, Goodhue Co. 
FRAGARIA Linn. Gen. 414 (1787). 
Duchesnia SmirH, Trans. Linn. Soc. X, 372 (1819). 
Baillon, Hist Pl. I, 465; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 633; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 113; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, LII, 33; Schenck, 
Palaeophyt. 666. 
Living species: 10; north temperate regions to S. 
India and Mexico; 1 sp. in Chile. 6 sp. (Durand); 8-4 (B. and 
H.). Russia, 4; Europe, 4; Russian Europe, 4; North Amer- 
ica, 4; Mid. Calif., 4; E. Sts., 2; Canada, 3; S. Sts., 1; Rocky 
mts., 2; Pl. King, 1; Pl. Wheel., 1. 
Fossil species: 38-4; Miocene, Hungary (Stu); Spitz- 
bergen and Cape Lyall (Heer). 
Fragaria vesca Linn. Spec. 494 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 158; Britt., Fl. N. J 95; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 128; Upham, Fl. Minn. 51; Coult., Fl. Colo. 88; Brew. and Wats.. 
Fl. Calif. I, 177; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 128; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 135; Led., Fl. 
Ross. II,°63; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd ,Fl. Eur. Russ. 48; Greene, Fl. Fran. 
70; Wats., King Exp. 85; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. III, 3, 33; Wats.. 
Bibl. Ind. I, 282; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 285. 
Arctic Europe; N. and W. Asia to Himalayas, 
North America: Canada throughout to lat. 56° N. on 
