374 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Fl. Minn. 121; Coult., Fl. Colo. 321; Wats., King Exp. 318; Roth., Wheel 
Exp. 238. 
North America: Isle of Orleans, Man., L. Nipigon 
and Assiniboia to Rocky mts.; N. to L. Athabasca and 56° N. 
lat. to 69° N. lat. in Rockies; Hudson Bay and Arctic circle; S. 
to Mon., Colo., Utah and E. to Minn. and Dak. 
Minn. valley: Local on the upper Pomme des Terres 
river; thickets, riverbanks and edges of sloughs. 
LXXVI. LYTHRACEAE. Loosestrife Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1198 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. 
I, 773 (1862-1867): Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 426 (1877); Koehne, in Engler and 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, VII, 8 (1892). 
Genera: 22; tropical regions, sparingly extended into 
the N. and S. temperate zones; principally in W. hemisphere. 
Species: 360; 1-2 doubtful fossils from Pliocene. 
LYTHRUM Linn. Gen. 387 (1737). 
Salicaria Tourn. Inst. 253 (1700). 
Anisotes Linpu. Intr. Nat. Syst. ed. II, 101 (1835). 
Pentaglossum Forsk. Fl. Aeg. Arab. 11 (1775). 
Mozula Ra¥r. Jour. Phys. LX X XTX, 96 (1819). 
Pythagorea Rar. Jour. Phys. LXXXIX, 96 (1819). 
Bergenia Neck. Elem. (1790). 
Middendorfia TrautTyv. ex Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 139 (1888). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 446; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 779; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 139; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, VII, 8 (Koehne). 
Living species: 23: cosmopolitan. Europe, 10; Asia, 
10; Russia, 9; Russian Europe, 7; North America, 4 or 5: W. 
Tex., 8; California, 4; Rocky mts., 1; Canada, 2; 8S. Sts., 2; E. 
Sts., 8; Pl. Wheel., 1; Africa, 8; all America, 12; Australia, 2. 
Lythrum alatum Pursu, Fl. Am. 334 (1814). 
Pythagorea alata Ra¥F. Journ. Phys. 96 (1819). 
Lythrum kennedyanum HBK. Nov. Gen. et. Spec. VI, 194 (1823). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 185; Britt., Fl. N. J. 107; Mac., Fl. 
Can. I, 175, 532; Webb., Fl]. Neb.,127; Chap., F]. S. St.,184; Brew. and Wats., 
Fl. Calif. I, 214; Coult., Fl. Colo. 100; Upham, Fl. Minn. 58; Coult., FI. 
Tex. 112; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 120; Cov., Fl. Ark. 183: Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 
361. 
North America: Ont. to N. Eng., N. J., Ga. and Fla.; 
W. to Minn., Neb., Colo., Ark. and S. W. Tex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; local or infrequent; damp 
meadows or bases of hills. 
HeErsB.: Sheldon 790, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 572, Minne- 
sota lake; Kassube 97, Minneapolis; Herrick 119, Minneapolis; 
Sandberg 211, Cannon Falls; Herb. Moyer 88, Montevideo. 
