330 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 
Dalea dalea (Linn.) MacM. Torr. Bull. XIX (1891). 
Psoralea dalea Linn. Spec. 764 (1753). 
Dalea alopecuroides and cliffortiana WILLD. Spec. III, 1336 (1803), 
D. linnaet Micux, FI. N. Am. II, 57 (1803). 
Psoralea alopecuroides Pork. Enc. Meth. V, 695 (1804). 
Petalostemon alopecuroides Pers. Syn. II, 268 (1807). 
Dalea pedunculata PursH, Fl. Am. 474 (1814). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 132; Upham, Fl. Minn. 42; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 132; Coult., Fl. Colo. 58; Chap., Fl. S. St. 93; Fl. Tex. 77; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 99; Cov., Fl. Ark. 174; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 211. 
North America: Minn. and Dak. to Ill., Neb., Ark., 
Ala. and Tex.; W. to Rocky mts. from Mont. to S. Arizona and 
Pecos river valley. 
Minn. valley: Minnesota lake, westward to Dak. line; 
rich soil along streams. 
Hers.: Sheldon 1455, Lake Benton; Taylor 714, Min- 
sota lake. 
PSORALEA Linn. Gen. ed. II, 716 (1742). 
Rhyncodium Prest, Bot. Bem. 54 (1844). 
Meladenia Turcz. Bull. Mosc. I, 576 (1848). 
Dorynchium MoENcH, Meth. 253 (1794). 
Ruteria Morncg, 1. c. (1794). 
Poikadenia Eu. Sk. II, 198 (1824). 
Bipontinia ALEF. Jahresb. Pollich. (1866). 
Munobya Pome.L, ex Durand, Ind. Phan. (1888). 
Lotodes Stecess. FI. Petrop. 66 (1736). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. II, 284; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I. 491; Durand, 
“Ind. Gen. Phan. 92. 
Living species: 100+; 40, S. Africa; 80, N. America; 
11, Australia; 6, S. America; 10, trop. and temp. Europe, Asia 
and N. Africa. (B. and H.); W. Tex., 8; Calif., 6-7; E. Sts., 
10; Rocky mts. 8; S. Sts., 7; Pl. King., 1; ee Wheel., 2; Can- 
ada, 4; mid. Calif. 5. 
Psoralea tenuiflora Pursu, Fl. Am. 475 (1814). 
P. floribunda Nort. T. and G. Fl. I, 300, 688 (1838). 
Lotodes tenuiflora OK. Gen. I, (1891). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed.131; Upham, Fl. Mion. 42; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 132; Coult., Fl. Colo. 56; Fl. Tex. 75; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 98; Cov., 
Fl. Ark. 174; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 254. 
North America: Upper Missouri valley to Tex. and 
Arizona; E. to Minn., Neb., Iowa, Kan., Ark, and Ill. 
Minn. valley: Reported from prairies of Cottonwood 
Co. and along the Watonwan valley; hillsides and dry praries. 
Psoralea esculenta PursH, Fl. Am. 475 (1814). 
P. brachiata Dovet. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. J, 137 (1833). 
Lotodes esculenta OK. Rev. Gen. I, (1891). 
