LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 323 
North America; Red valley to N. W. T. and 51° N. 
lat.; Saskatchewan and W. Minn. to Rocky mts. and N. 'Tex. 
Minn. valley: Reported from Chippewa river and 
Glenwood; W. to Dakota line; high bluffs and prairies. 
Spiesia lamberti (PuRSH) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. I, 
207 (1891). 
Oxytropis lamberti PursH, Fl. Am 740 (1814). 
Astragalus lamberti Porn. Suppl. V, 564 (1817). 
Oxytropis hookeriana Nutr. T. and G. Fl. I, 340 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 137; Webb., Fl. Neb. 1380; Coult., 
Fl. Colo, 71; Upham, Fl. Minn. 44; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 116; Coult., Fl. Tex. 
84; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 42, 97; Wats., King Exp. 447; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 
245, ‘ 
North America: Red valley and N. W. T. to Alaska; 
Saskatchewan, Minn., N. Mex. and Tex.; W. to Rocky mts. 
Minn. valley: Prairie district, E. to New Ulm; high, 
bare bluffs and prairies. 
HeERB.: Sheldon 1337, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1389, 
Verdi, Lincoln Co.; Taylor 832. Glenwood; Taylor 873, Glen- 
wood; Roberts 25, Hancock; Leiberg 16, Rock Co.; Herb. Wick- 
ersheim 32, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. 
ASTRAGALUS Linn. Gen. 570 (1787). 
Phaca LINN. Gen. Corr. 972 (1737). 
Homolobus and Kentrophyta Nutr. T. and G. Fl. N. Am. 
I, 350, 353 (1838). 
Diplotheca Hocust, Flora 595 (1846). 
Aulosema WaALP. Rep. I, 694 (1842). 
Podolotus Rove, Il. Him. 198 (1839). 
Tragacantha Tourn. Inst. 417 (1700). 
Erophaca Borss. Voy. Bot. 176 (1839). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. II, 280; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 506; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 94; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I, 210. 
Living species: 1300 described; 900+ distinct. Cen- 
ter in Russian Asia, Himalayas and the Orient; Europe, North 
and South America, 8. H. Africa (1 sp.); wanting in Australia 
and Cape of Good Hope region. Especially in northern hemi- 
sphere; Russia, 175; Europe, 125; Russian Europe, 52; North 
America, 150+; Mid. Calif., 36; W. Tex., 19; all Calif., 50+; 
Canada, 42; H. Sts., 16; S. Sts., 6; Rocky mts., 66; Pl. King, 
40; Pl. Wheel., 30. 
Astragalus lotiflorus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 152 (1833). 
Phaca lotifora T. and G. Fi. I, 349 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 136; Wats., King Exp. 439; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 36; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 196; Webb., Fl. Neb 131; Coult., Fl. 
Colo. 63: Mac., Fl. Can. I, 112. 
