LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 417 
F. canadensis GAERTN. Fruct. I, 122 (1788). 
F. epiptera Micux. Fl. N. Am. IT, 256 (1803). 
fF. discolor Muuu. Cat. 111 (1813). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 335; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 316; Up- 
ham, Fl. Minn. 115; Webb., Fl. Neb. 140; Chap., Fl. S. St. 369; Britt., Fl. 
N. J. 167; Cov., Fl. Ark. 202; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1,74; Engl. Knobl., Nat. 
Pflanz. IV, 2,7; Coult., Fl. Tex. 259 in var. 
North America: N. S., N. Br. to Owen Sound and 
Minn.; S. to Neb., Kan. and Ark.; E. to N. Eng., N. J., Fla. 
and La. Var. in Tex. 
"Minn. valley: Throughout; rich woods and banks of 
lakes and streams. 
Hers.: Taylor 484, Janesville; Taylor 704, Minnesota 
lake; Taylor 816, Glenwood; Taylor 526, Mud lake, Waseca Co. ; 
Ballard 550, Spring lake, Scott Co.; Sheldon 855, Sleepy Eye; 
Taylor 1020, Glenwood; Bailey 117, Vermilion lake; Oestlund 
152, Hennepin Co.; Holzinger 192, Winona Co.; Herb. Sheld. 
1907, Minneapolis. 
LXXXVI. GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 599 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. 
Plant. II, 799 (1876); Baillon, Hist. Pl. X, 113 (1891). 
Genera: 45; temperate regions; a few in tropics and 
boreal regions. 
Species: 550-600; widely distributed; a few fossil 
forms from Tertiary rocks. 
MENYANTHES Linn. Gen. 117 (1737) em. BENTH. 1. ¢. 
(1876). 
Menonanthes Hauu. Fl. Helv. 633 (1742). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. X, 144; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. IT, 819; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 278; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 763. 
Living species: 2; Europe; Asia—mts. and N.; N. 
America. 1, Europe, Asia, N. America; 1, W. N. Amer. and 
Russia. N. Amer., 2. 
Fossil species: 2; Tertiary, Greenland, Lausanne, 
etc. (Heer); doubtful. 
Menyanthes trifoliata Linn. Spec. 207 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 353; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 327; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 173; Upham, Fl. Minn. 113; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 485° 
Nym., Fl. Eur.; Led., Fl. Ross. ITI, 76; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 273; Miyabe, 
Fil. Kur. 251; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 88; Wats., King. Exp. 281; Gray, Syn. 
Fl. II, 1, 128; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 102; Webb., Appx. Neb. 40. 
Iceland and N. Russia to Spain and Servia; Siberia to 
N. W. India, Japan and Kurile Isls. ; 
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