LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 373 
HerRB.: Sheldon 1611, Ramsey Co.; Sandberg 485, 
Vasa; Herb. Sheld. 1903, Ramsey Co.; Herb. Wickersheim 113, 
Mankato. 
LXXV. ELAEAGNACEAE. Oleaster Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 333 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. 
ITT, 203 (1880); Baillon, Hist. Pl. II, 487 (1870). 
Genera: 3; temperate N. hemisphere and S. in Asia, 
Phillipines and to Australia. 
Species: 16; 12 in Hlaeagnus (B. and H.); ?10+ fossil 
from Tertiary rocks. 
LEPTARGYRAIA Rar. Am. Mo. Mag. II, 176 (Jan. 1818). 
Shepherdia Nutt. Gen. II, 240 (later, 1818). 
Benth and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 204; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 356; 
Schenck, Palaeophyt. 649; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 585. 
Living species: 8; N. America; 1, mts. of S. Utah; 1, 
Canada and Brit. Col.; 1, E. Sts. 
Leptargyraia argentea (NUTT.) GREENE, Pittonia II, 122 
(1890). 
Eleagnus argentea Nurr. Fras. Cat. (1813). 
Hippophae argentea Purso, FI. Am. I, 113 (1814). 
Shepherdia argentea NuTT. Gen. II, 240 (1818). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed, 449; Webb., Fl. Neb. 127; Wats., 
Fl. Calif. II, 62; Coult., Fl. Colo. 322; Upham, Fl. Minn. 121; Mac., Fl. 
Can. J, 422; Wats., King Exp. 318. 
North America: Saskatchewan and Assiniboia to 
Minn., Neb., Kan., N. Mex. and W. to Sierra Nevada mts. 
Minn. valley: In small numbers along the extreme 
W. edge, in Dakota; extending into Minn. near Brown’s valley; 
high sheltered slough edges and thickets. 
ELAEAGNUS Linn. Gen. 84 (17387). 
Octarillum Lour. Cochinch. 90 (1790). 
Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. III, 204; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 356; 
Schenck, Palaeophyt. 649. 
Living species: 27-80 described; 12 reduced; S. 
Europe; temperate and tropical Asia, Australia and N. Amer- 
ica. Europe, 1; Russia, 1; N. America, 1. 
Fossil species: Elaeagnaceae described from Tertiary 
of Bonn, Spitzbergen and Greenland (Heer). 
Elaeagnus argentea PursH, Fl. Am. 114 (1814). 
E. commutata BERNH. Thur. Allge. Gartenz, I], 95 (1819?). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 449; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 420; Upham, 
