300 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; dry land or high, sunny 
hillsides, and on bluffs and headlands. 
Hers.: Ballard 186, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 793, 
Glenwood; Wickersheim 2, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Oestlund 40, 
Ramsey Co.; Kassube 68, Minneapolis; Sandberg 166, Goodhue 
Co.; Sandberg 167, Cannon Falls; Hammond 15, Lake City; 
Herb. Sheld. 1854, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 36, Idlewild; 
Lincoln Co.; Herb. Moyer 72, Carlton lake, Montevideo. 
Geum rivale LINN. Spec. 501 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 95; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 82; Upham, Fl. Minn. 49; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 122; Mac., Fl. Can. 
I, 133, 515; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 
46; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 112; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. III, 3, 37; Wats., 
Bibl. Ind. I, 284; Hart., Fl. Scand. I. 291. 
Europe; N. and W. Asia and Australasia to S. America. 
North America: Labrador, Newf., N.S., N. Br. to Q., 
Ont., Man. and Brit. Col.; S. to N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak., 
Mont., Colo. and Mo. 
Minn. valley: Reported from Nicollet Co., doubtful; 
more certainly in vicinity of Ft. Snelling; wet fields and 
springs. 
Hers.: Bailey 350, Mud river. 
Geum strictum Ait. Hort. Kew. II, 217 (1789). 
G. canadense Murr. Com. Goett. V, 34 (1790) not Jacq. 
G. ranunculoides SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 551 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 94; Upham, 
F], Minn. 49; Coult., Fl. Colo. 82; Webb., Fl. Neb. 128: Mac., Fl. Can. I, 
133; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 269; ed., Fl. Ross. II, 23; Nym., Fl. Eur.: 
Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 229; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 46; Engl. Focke, Nat. 
Pflanzen. III, 3, 37; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 285. 
Mid. Russia; Siberia, China and Kamtk.; Kurile Isls.; 
New Zealand; Japan; Corea; S. America. 
North America: N. S. to Coast range in Brit. Col.; 
Newf. to N. Eng., N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Kan., Colo. 
and Arizona 
Minn. valley: Throughout; damp edges of woods and 
in meadows. 
Hers.: Ballard 492, Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Taylor 
674, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 997, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1182, 
New Ulm; Taylor 547, Janesville; Ballard 369, Helena, Scott 
Co.; Sheldon 691, Waseca; Ballard 225, Jordan, Scott Co ; Tay- 
lor 797, Glenwood; Sheldon 1301, Lake Benton; Herrick 89, 
Minneapolis; Roberts 28, Duluth; Roberts 29, Grand Marais; 
Kassube 67, Minneapolis; Herrick 90, Minneapolis; Sandberg 
165, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1696, Minneapolis. 
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