378 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Epilobium strictum Muu. Cat. 89 (1813). 
HE. molle Torr. FI. U.S. 398 (1824). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 189; Upham, Fl]. Minn. 57; Mac., 
F). Can. I, 171; Britt., Fl. N. J. 109; Trelease Monog. Epilob. 87; Wats., 
Bibl. Ind. I, 365. 
North America: N.S., Q., Ont. to L. Athabasca; S. 
to Maine, N. Y., N. J., Penn. and Va.; W. to Ohio, Ils., Mich., 
Wisc. and Minn. 
Minn valley: Forest district; ¥'t. Snelling to Blue 
Earth Co.; infrequent; bogs and edges of marshes. 
HeERB.: Ballard 798, Goose lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 
843, Patterson lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 895, St. Bonifacius; 
Ballard 724, Benton, Carver Co.; Leiberg 21, Blue Earth Co. 
Epilobium palustre Linn. Spec. 348 (1753). 
E. anagallidifolium AucT. AMER. in part. 
FE. oliganthum Micux. Fl. N. Am. 1, 223 (1803) in part. 
E. palustre var. lineare GRAY, Man. 2 ed. 130 (1852) in part. 
? EH. palustre var. oliganthum B.S.P. Cat. N. Y. (1888) in part. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 190; Upham, Fl. Minn. 57; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 108?; Trautv., Fl. Sib. in var. 55; Coult., Fl. Colo. 102; Mac., Fl. 
Can.I, 170; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 157; Chap., Fl. S. St. 140?; Forbes and 
Hems., Fl. Sin. 308; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 109; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. 
Eur. Russ. 50; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 366; Trelease, Monog. Epilob. 88; Hart., 
Fl. Scand. I, 264. 
Europe and Asia to Himalayas and India. 
North America: Greenland and Labrador to N. H., 
N. J.? and Penn.? W. to Minn., Colo., Alaska, N. W. T. and 
Washington. 
Minn. valley: N. W. and W. districts; probably also 
N. and N. E.; bogs and marshes. 
HersB.: Taylor 830, Glenwood; Sheldon 1329, Lake 
Benton. 
Epilobium lineare Muni. Cat. 39 (18138). 
EB. densum RAF. Desv. Journ. IT, 271 (1814). 
HE. vosmarinifolium Pursu, Fl. Am. 259 (1814). 
E. squamatum Nutt. Gen. I, 250 (1818). 
E. palustre var. lineare GRAY, Man. 2 ed. 130 (1852). 
E. oliganthum Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 223 (1803) in part. 
? EH. palustre var. oliganthum (Micux.) B.S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 189; Britt., Fl. N. J. 108; Upham, 
F). Minn. 57; Mac., Fl. Can. 1,170; Chap., Fl. S. St. 140°; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
102; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 50; Roth., 
Wt.eel. Exp. 39; Trelease, Monog. Epilob. 87, 88: Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 366; 
Hart., Fl. Scand. J, 265. 
Norway, Scand., Lapland and N. Russia. 
North America: Labrador and N. Br. to Man., Brit. 
Col. and Selkirks to lat. 68° N. on Mackenzie river; S. to N. 
