296 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Higher levels, far N. W.; wet grounds 
and edges of sloughs. 
Hpers.: Bailey 495, Agate bay; Roberts 31, Grand 
Marais; Roberts 32, Split Rock. 
Potentilla palustris (Linn.) Scop. FIL Carn. 2 ed. I, 359 
(1772). 
Comarum palustre LINN. Spec. 502 (1753). 
Fragavia palustris CRANTZ, Stirp. Austr. 73 (1769). 
Comarum digitatum and angustifolium Rar. Fl. Tell. II, 55, 56 
1838). 3 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 160; Upham, Fl. Minn. 51; Brew. 
and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 180; Hook., Fl. Britt. 124; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 53; 
Britt., Fl. N. J. 97; Mac., Fl. Can I, 140; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 61; Nym., Fl. 
Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 48; Greene, Fl. Fran. 63; Engl. Focke, Nat. 
Pflanz. ITI, 3,34; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 299; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 286; Rothr., 
Alask. 445. 
Arctic Europe to Pyrenees; Russia to Caucasus; 
N. Asia. 
North America: Labrador and N.S. to Hudson Bay, 
Puget sound and Alaska; S. to N. J., Ind., Mich., Wisc., IL, 
Minn.; on Pac. coast to C. California. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; bogs and edges of marshes; 
rather common. 
HerB.: Taylor 1200, Lake Helena, Waseca Co.: Shel- 
don 710, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 128, Madison Lake; Ballard 443, 
Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Ballard 415, New Prague, Scott Co.; 
Sheldon 845, Smith’s Mill, Blue Earth Co.; Sheldon 428, Ash lake, 
Blue Earth Co.; Sheldon 522, Waseca; Ballard 356, Helena, Scott 
Co.; Herrick 99, Minneapolis; Oestlund 48, Ramsey Co.; Herrick 
100, Minneapolis; Oestlund 49, Ramsey Co.; Bailey 142, Vermil- 
ion lake; Sandberg 174, Chisago Co. 
Potentilla argentea Linn. Spec. 497 (17538). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 160; Britt., Fl. N. J. 96; Upham, 
Fl. Mion. 50; Hook., Fl. Brit. 120; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 139; Led., Fl. Ross. 
II, 47; Nym., Fl. Bur.; Mac., Fl. Can, I, 517; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 48. 
Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. III, 3, 35; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 293; Hart, Fl. 
Scand. I, 288 
Europe; N. and W. Asia. 
North America: N.S,N. Br, Q., Ont. to N. J.; W. 
to Dak. and E. Kan. 
Minn. valley: N. EH. district and E. edge; infrequent; 
dry fields and hillsides. 
HERB.: Herrich 96, Minneapolis; Oestlund 44, Minne- 
apolis; Aassube 77, Minneapolis; Herb. Sheld, 1764, Minneapolis. 
