382 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
olis; Junt 3, Wilmar; Sandberg 210, Red Wing; Kassube 96, 
Minneapolis; Herb. Sheld. 1782, Minneapolis; Herb. Wicker- 
sheim 51, Idlewild; Herb. Moyer 86, Minnesota valley, near 
Montevideo. 
Cnothera pumila Linn. Spec. 2 ed. 493 (1762). 
CE. pusilla Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 225 (1803). 
CE. chrysantha Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 225 (1803). 
Kneiffia pusilla and chrysantha SpaAcH, Monog. Onag. 47, 48 (1838), 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 191; Britt., Fl. N. J. 110; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 172; Chap., Fl. S. St. 139; Upham, Fl. Minn. 58; Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. I, 384. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to S. Man.; 
S. to N. Eng., N. J., and W. to Minn. and Kan. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. edge and S. E. dis- 
trict; infrequent or local. 
nothera rhombipetala Nutr. T. and G. FI. I, 498 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult.. Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 190; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 103; Upham, Fl. Minn. 58; Cov., Fl. Ark. 183; Wats., Bibl. Ind. 
T, 384. 
North America: Ind. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Ind. Terr. 
and Ark. 
Minn. valley: N. E. district and probably to Blue 
Earth Co.; sandy or barren soil. 
Hers.: Kassube 95, Minneapolis; Sandberg 209, Can- 
non Falls. 
(Enothera biennis LINN. Spec. 346 (1753). 
CH. parviflora LINN. Spec. 2 ed. 492 (1762). 
Onagra biennis Scop. FI. Carn. 2 ed. 451 (1772). 
Cnothera gauroides HORNEM. Hort. Hafn. 362 (1807). 
? Onoseris acuminata RAF. Fl. Lud, 96 (1817). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 190; Britt., Fl. N. J. 109; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 171; Webb., Fl. Neb. 126; Upham, Fl. Mian. 57; Chap., FI. S. 
St. 138; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 159; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 223; Coult. 
Fl. Colo. 103; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 50; Coult., Fl. Tex. 
114; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 121; Wats., King Exp. 106; Cov. Fl. Ark. 183; 
Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 377. 
Naturalised in S. Africa, India, Australia and W. 
Europe. 
North America: Atl. to Pac. in Canada; N. to Labra- 
dor and N. W. T.; throughout U. S. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; fields, along roads and on 
railway embankments; common. 
HeRB.: Sheldon 980, Sleepy Hye; Sheldon 511, Waseca; 
Taylor 726, Minnesota lake; Ballard 249, Jordan, Scott Co.; 
Ballard 563, Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Ballard 646, Chaska; Shel- 
