A408 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
‘West of Rockies, Selkirks, Columbia river and N. W. T.; S. to 
‘Minn., Penn., N. J. and in Appalachians to N. Car. 
Minn. valley: N. W. and N. E.; tamarack swamps; 
rare; sphagnum marshes. 
HERB.: Roberts 76, Devil’s Neck river; Sandberg 377, 
‘Center City. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Apans. Fam. Pl. II, 165 (1763). 
Comarostaphylis Zucc. Nov. Stirp. II. 24 (1843). 
Mairania Neck. Elem. I, 219 (1790). 
Zerobotrys Nutr. Trans. Phil. Soc. 2, VIII, 267 (1843). 
Daphnidostaphylis Ktorzscu, Linn XXIV, 78 (1850). 
Xylococeus Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1. c. 258 (1843). _ 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 581; Durand, Jnd. Gen. 242: Engler 
and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 48; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 721; Baillon, Hist. 
Pl. IX, 191. 
Living species: 18; North America, boreal regions 
principally; 1 sp. around N. hemisphere. California, 12; Can- 
ada, 4; EH. Sts., 2. 
Fossil species: A. wva-ursi in diluvial rocksof Europe, 
Bovey Tracy. 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Linn.) Sprenc. Syst. II, 287 
(1825). 
Arbutus uva-ursi LINN Spec. (1753). 
Arctostaphylos officinalis WIMMER, FI. Sib. 2 (1829). 
Daphnidostaphylis fendleriana KLotzscH, Lino. XXIV, 81 (1850). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 315; Britt., Fl. N. J. 159; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 295; Upham, Fl. Minn. 93; Coult., Fl. Colo. 228; Brew. and 
Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 453; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 251; Miyabe, 
Fl. Kur. 247; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 909; Herd., Fl. Hur. Russ. 82; Wats., 
King Exp. 210; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 183; Engl. Drude, Nat. Pflanz. IV, I, 
49; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 27; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 319; Webb., Appx. Neb. 36. 
Circumpolar; Scand. and Shetland to Montenegro and 
Bosnia; N. Asia to Kamt., Kuriles, Saghalin, Japan and Da 
huria. 
North America: Greenland and Newf. to Pac. and 
64° N. lat.; S. to Calif. in Sierras; S. to N. Mex. in Rockies; E. 
to Minn., Neb., Mo., N. J. 
Minn. valley: N. E. districts; rare; sandy or rocky 
knolls. 
HEeRB.: Sandberg 378, White Rock; Roberts 77, Minne- 
sota point; Roberts 78, Knife river. 
OXYCOCCUS Lupw. ex O. Kuntze (17387). 
Schollera Roru, Tent. Fl. Germ. I, 170 (1788.) 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 575; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 242; 
