412 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Exp. 213; Cov , Fl. Ark. 201; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 110: Gray, Syn. 
Fl. II, 1, 60. 
North America: Rainy river to Pembina mts. and 
Thompson river, Brit. Col.; lat. 49° N. to N. Mex.; E. to Minn., 
Tll. and Tenn.?; W. to Neb., Utah and Colo. 
Minn. valley: S.C. and 8S. W. districts; high prai- 
ries or knolls. 
HerRB.: Sandberg 389, Red Wing. 
LYSIMACHIA Linn. Gen. 121 (1787). 
Lubinia VENT. Cels. 96 (1800). 
Palladia MormncH, Meth. 429 (1794). 
Coxia ENDL. Gen. 733 (1840). 
Naumbergia MoENcH, Suppl. 429 (1802). 
Thyrsanthus ScHRANK, Denksch. Baier. Acad. 75 (1813). 
Lerouxia Merat, FI. Par. 77 (1812). 
Ephemerum ReicuH. FI. Germ. Exs. 409 (1830). 
Theopyxis GRisEB. Phillip. and Lechl. (1844), 
Godinella Lestip. ex Dur. Ind. Phan. 250 (1888). 
Anagzanthe and Bernardina BANDO, ex Baill. 1. c. (1892). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 635; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 250; En- 
gler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 112 (Pax); Schenck, Palaeophyt. 734; 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. 1X, 343. 
Living species: 60+; temperate and subtropical re- 
gions of both hemispheres; very few in the S. hemisphere; 
centers in China. N. America, 5. 
Fossil species: Interglacial, Elbe river (Schenck). 
Lysimachia thyrsiflora Linn. Fl. Dan. 517 (1757). 
L. capitata Pursw, Fl. Am. 135 (1814). 
Naumburgia thyrsifora Retcw. DC. Prodr. VIII, 60 (1844). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 331; Britt., Fl. N. J. 165; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 97; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 314; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 68; Webb., Appx. 
Neb. 36. 
Europe; Japan. 
North America: N.S., N. Br. to Mackenzie and Pac. 
to Alaska; S. Oregon, Minn., Iowa, Neb., S. Ill., Penn. and 
Nis 
Minn. valley: Throughout; swamps, bogs and wet 
meadows. 
HERB.: Sheldon 344, marshes south of Lake Madison; 
Taylor 443, Lake Helena, Waseca Co.; Ballard 561, Prior’s lake, 
Scott Co,; Taylor 48, Elysian; Holzinger 140, Winona Co.; Her- 
rick 189, Minneapolis; Bailey 421, Long lake; Sandberg 391, 
Chisago Co.; Herrick 190, Minneapolis; Vestlund 111, Ramsey 
Co.; Herb. Moyer 159, Montevideo. 
