376 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district; low 
meadows and swamps. 
HERB.: Manning 4, Lake City. 
GAURA Linn. Diss. Chen. 1111 (1751); Gen. ed. V, 425 
(1754). 
Schizocarya SpacH, Ann. Mus. IV, 325 (1835). 
Gauridium Spacu, Suit. Buff. IV, 379 (1839). 
Stenosiphon Spacu, Ann. Mus. IV, 326 (1835). 
? Heterogaura Roru. Proc. Am. Acad. VI. 354 (1864). 
? Gongylocarpus CHAM. and SCHLECHT. Linn. V, 557 (1831). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VI, 493; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 793; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 141. Ss 
Living species: 20-25; warmer N. America and Mexico. 
W. Tex., 9-10; Canada, 2; Rocky mts., 4; E. Sts., 4; California, 
2-8; S. Sts., 3; Pl. Wheel., 6-7; Pl. King, 2. 
Gaura coccinea Nutt. Fras. Cat. (1813). 
G. marginata Leam. Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. I, 208 (1833). 
-G. glabra Leam. Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. I, 208 (1833). 
Schizocarpa (?) crispa SPACH, Monog. Onag. 58 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 193; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 174; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 106; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Roth, Wheel. Exp. 40; Upham, Fl. 
Minn. 57, Suppl. 51; Cov., Fl. Ark. 183. 
North America: Red and Saskatchewan valleys to 
Rocky mts., S. to Mont. and Colo.; E. to Minn., Neb., Kan. and 
Ark. 
Minn. valley: W. district from Chippewa valley; high 
plains and knolls. 
HeErRB.: Wickersheim 3, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Sheldon 
1384, Lake Benton; Herb. Moyer 87, Montevideo. 
Gaura biennis Linn. Spec. 347 (1753). 
Pleurandra alba RaF. FI. Lud. 95 (1817). 
Pleurostemon album Ra¥F. Adn. (1820). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 192; Chap., Fl. S. St. 138; Britt., 
N. J. 110; Upham, Fl. Minn. 57; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
106; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 368; Mac., Fl. Can. J, 174, 521. 
North America: Ont., N. Y., and N. J. to Ga. and 
Tenn.; W. to Minn., Dak., Idaho and Neb.; S. to Mo. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. E. district, but pos- 
sibly not in the valley; banks and hillsides. 
EPILOBIUM Linn. Gen. 319 (1737). 
Chamoenerium Tauscu, Hort. Canal. T (1823). 
Lysimachion TauscuH, 1. c. (1823). 
Crossostigma Spacu, Ann. Mus. IV, 328 (1835). 
Baillon, Hist, Pl. VI, 492; Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. I, 787; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan, 140. 
