LIST OF HIGHER SEED PRODUCING PLANTS. 335 
Oxalis longiflora Linn. Spec. 433 (1753). 
O. violacea LINN. Spec. 434 (1753). 
O. vespertilionis GRAY, Pl. Fendl. 27 (1849). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 105; Britt., Fl. N. J. 73; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 121; Coult.. Fl. Colo. 45; Upham, Fl. Minn. 36; Chap., FI. S. St. 
63; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 81; Cov., Fl. Ark. 171; Wats., Bibl. Ind. J, 153. 
North America: N. Eng. to Colo. and S. to N. J., 
Fla. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: E. and central districts to Chippewa 
river; dry or rocky places and in sterile soil. 
HerRB.: Ballard 268, Jordan, Scott Co.; Sheldon 745, 
Sleepy Eye; Taylor 587, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 1598, Lake 
Benton; Taylor 351, Janesville; Huntington 3, Rock Co.; Her- 
rick 63, Minneapolis; Sandberg 109, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 
1885, Minneapolis; Herb. Moyer 46, Montevideo. 
LV. LINACEAE. Flax Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1170 (1840); Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. I, 241 (1862) 
—excl. Trib. III, Erythroxyleae; Baillon, Hist. Pl. V, 42 (1874)—eacl. series 
III, Hrythroxyleae; Reiche, Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, IV, 27 (1889). 
Genera: 9-10; tropical, subtropical and temperate 
regions. } 
Species: 120+, 75 per cent. in genus Linum Linn. 
LINUM Linn. Gen. 254 (17387). 
Adenolinum, Cathartolinum, Linopsis, Xantholinum 
ReicwH. Ic. Fl. Germ. VI, 67 (1844). 
Cliococca Bas, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIX, 33 (1855). 
Radiola GMEL. Syst. 289 (1805). 
Reinwardtia Dum. Com. Bot. 19 (1822). 
Macrolinum Retcu. Ic. Fl. Germ. VI, 68 (1844). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. V, 63; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 242, 243, 987; 
Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 46; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, IV, 30, 
81 (Reiche); Gray, Jil. Gen. II, 107; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 530. 
Living species: 95+; cosmopolitan, mts. in tropics. 
Russia, 20; Europe, 33; Russian Europe, 14; North America, 
18-21; Mid. Calif., 10; Canada, 6; E. Sts.,5; Rocky mts., 3; S. 
Sts., 4; Pl. Wheel., 8; Pl. King, 2; W. Tex., 9; Pac. coast, 14. 
Fossil species: 1; very doubtful, in Oligocene of Europe 
( Conwentz). 
Linum rigidum Pursu, FI. Am. 210 (1814). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 102; Coult., Fl. Colo, 42; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 35; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 89; Coult., Fl. Tex. 47; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 
77, 78 in var.; Cov, Fl. Ark. 171; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 147; Webb., Appx. 
Neb. 32. 
