LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 411 
V. tenellum PursH, Fl. Am. 288 (1814). 
V. multifiorum Wats. Dend. Brit. 125 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 312; Mac., F]. Can. I, 290; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 159; Upham, Fl. Minn. 93; Wats., King Exp. 209; Engl. Drude, 
Nat. Pflanz. IV, 1, 51; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 22. 
North America: Newf. to Rocky mts.; S. to Minn., 
Tll., N. J. and Penn. 
Minn. valley: N. W. district; rare; dry hills and woods. 
Hers.: Sandberg 373, Black Oak, Goodhue Co.; Sand- 
berg 374, Moose lake; Bailey 17&, Vermilion lake; Bailey 453, 
Mud lake. 
Vaccinium stamineum Linn. Spec. 498 (1753). 
V. album PursH, Fl. Am. 28 (1814). 
V. elevatum DUNAL, DC. Prodr. VII, 566 (1839). 
Picrococcus elevatus and floridanus Nutr. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 
1. c. VIII, 260 (1843). 
Vaccinium kunthianum Kiorzscu, (1850?). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 312; Britt., Fl. N. J. 158; Chap., 
Fl. S. St. 259; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 290; Upham, FI. Minn. 93; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
200; Engl. Drude, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 1, 51; Gray, Syn. Fl. IT, 1, 21. 
North America: St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers to 
Minn.; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Fla. and La.; W. to Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district; rare or 
doubtful; no Minn. specimens seen. 
LXXXIV. PRIMULACEAE. Primrose Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 729 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Pl. II, 
628 (1876): Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 1V, 1, 98 (1889); Baillon, 
Hist, Pl. XI, 305 (1892). 
Genera: 27; cosmopolitan; principally in N. hemisphere. 
Species: 350+ living; a few doubtful fossils in Quater- 
nary. 
ANDROSACE Linn-. Gen. 111 (1737). 
Aretia LINN. Gen. ed. V, 178 (1754). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 632; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 249; En- 
gler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 110 (Pax); O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. II, 
398 (sub Primula); Baillon, Hist. Pl. XT, 338. 
Living species: 62+; temperate and Alpine regions, 
N. hemisphere. Russia, 15; N. America, 5; Canada, 3; Rocky 
mts., 4; E. Sts., 1; Pac. coast; 2; Pl. King, 2; Pl. Wheel., 1. 
Androsace occidentalis Pursu, Fl. Am. 137 (1814). 
Primula occidentalis OK. Rev. Gen. II, 400 (1891). 
Aretia occidentalis MACM. MSS. (1891). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 329; Webb., Fl. Neb. 133; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 311; Upham, Fl. Minn. 96; Coult., Fl. Colo. 234; Wats., King 
