LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PROVUCING PLANTS. 415 
HERB.: Sheldon 229, Lake Washington, Blue Earth 
Co.; Roberts 58, Grand Marais; Roberts 89, Duluth; Bailey 244, 
Vermilion lake; Sandberg 390, Chisago Co. 
CENTUNCULUS Linn. Gen. 76 (1737). 
Micropyxis DuBy, Mem. Prim. 39(1844). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. 1I, 637; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 250; Engier 
and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 4, I, 115: Baillon, Hist. Pl. N1. 345. 
Living species; 3; temperate and warmer regions. N. 
America, 2; S. Sts., 2; Canada, 1. 
Centunculus minimus Linn. Spec. (1753). 
C. lanceolatus Micux. FI. I, 93 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 332; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 315; Chap., 
Fl). S. St. 281; Coult., Fl. Colo. 232; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 469; 
Upham, Fl. Minn. 97; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Led., Fl. Ross. III, 30; Hook., Fl. 
Gt. Brit 265; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 86; Cov., Fl. Ark. 201; Engl. Pax, 
Nat. Pflanz. IV, 1, 115; Gray, Syn. Fl II, 1, 64; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 127: 
Webb., Appx. Neb. 36; Coult., Fl. Tex. 256. 
Europe and N. Asia; Belgium to Montenegro and Bai- 
kal Sib.; Australia; Brazil; Andes mts. to Chile in S. Amer. 
North America. Minn., Neb. and Dak. to Saskatche- 
wan and Oregon; S. to Minn., Ill., Ark., Tex. and E. to N. Car. 
and Fla. . 
Minn. valley: Reported from 8S. W. edge; probably 
sparingly S. and W. and N. W.; low places and around bases 
of rock-ledges. 
LXXXV. OLEACEAE. Ash Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 571; Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 570 (1836-40)—Jasmineae: 
Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Pl. II, 67z (1876); Baillon, Hist. Pl. XI, 230 
(1892). 
Genera: 18; temperate and warmer regions; absent in 
boreal regions. 
Species: 800+; 80+ fossil in Tertiary. 
FRAXINUS Linn. Gen. 773 (1737). 
Ornus Pers. Syn. J, 9 (1805). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 676: Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 259: 
Schenck, Palaeophyt. 760; Baillon, Hist. Pl. XI, 251; Engl. Knoblauch, 
Nat. Pflanz. IV, 2, 5. 
Living species: 39+; temperate and subtropical regions. 
N. America, 12; Europe, 6; Russia, 3; Russian Europe, 2; Can- 
ada, 6; E. Sts., 6; S. Sts., 5; Pl. Wheel., 4; California, 2; W. 
Tex., 6; Rocky mts., 2; Pl. King, 2; especially N. America, E. 
Asia and Mediterranean region (Knoblauch). 
Fossil species: Lower Oligocene and Miocene, Europe 
(Saporta, Heer); Greenland (Heer); Pac. N. America (Lesquer- 
