350 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Chomelia VELLOz. Flum. I, 106 (1827). 
Pileostegia Turcz. Bull. Mosc. XXXII, 276 (1859). 
Leucodermis Puancw. Herb. Hook. 
Byronia ENpDu. Ann. Wien. I, 184 (1835). 
Polystigma MEISSN. Gen. 252 (1 43). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 356; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 65; 
Schenck, Palaeophyt. 580; Baillon, Hist. Pl. XI, (1892). 
Living species: 175+; cosmopolitan. Centers in 
Brit. Guiana and Brazil; very infrequentin Africa and Australia; 
13-14, E. North America. S. Sts., 12; E. Sts., 9; Canada, 4. 
Fossil species: Tertiary, Greenland and Alaska 
( Heer). 
Ilex verticillata (LInN.) Gray, Man. 5 ed. 307 (1867). 
Prinos verticillatus LINN. Spec. 330 (1753). 
P. confertus MomncH, Meth. 481 (1794). 
P. gronovit Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 236 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 109; Britt., Fl. N. J. 75; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 95; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 270; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 93; Cov., Fl. Ark. 172; 
Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 160. 
North America: N.S. to C. Ont and Minn.; S. to N. 
Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Ill., Iowa, Mo. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from the N. edge but some- 
what doubtful, low woodland. 
HeRB.: Sandberg 388, Marine Mills; Herrick 188, St. 
Louis river. 
LXIII. STAPHYLEACEAE. Bladder-Nut 
Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1084 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Pl. I, 
392 (1862)—sub Sapindaceae; Baillon, Hist. Pl. V, 392. 
Genera: 2; N. extra-tropical region. 
Species: 15+; principally in Chinese-Japanese region 
and EH. India. Fossils from Green river Tertiary, Wyoming. 
STAPHYLEA Linn. Gen. 248 (1737). 
Bumalda Tauns. FI. Jap. 8 (1784). 
Staphylodendron Tourn. Inst. 616 (1700). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. V, 392; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 412; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan, 88; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 554; Gray, lll. Gen. II, 181. 
Living species: 4; 1, Europe; 2, N. America; 1, Hima- 
layas and Japan; Atl. states, 1; Pac. America, 2. 
Fossil species: 1, Green river group, Tertiary, N. 
America (Lesquereaua). 
Staphylea trifolia Linn. Spec. 270 (1753). 
Staphylodendrum trifoliatum MoENCH, Meth. 64 (1794). 
