LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 421 
Minn. valley: Forest district and N. W. district; wet 
meadows. 
HerRB.: Taylor 1013, Glenwood; Oestlund 147, Minne- 
apolis; Leiberg 538, Blue Earth Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1874, Minne- 
apolis. y 
Gentiana americana (LINN.). 
G. ciliata americana LINN. Syst. I, 645 (1756). 
G. crinita FROEL. Gent. 112 (1796). 
G. jfimbriata ANDR. Bot. Rep. 509 (1797-1804). 
Gentianella crinita Don, Syst. IV, 179 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man 6 ed. 349; Britt. Fl. N. J. 172; Mac., Fl. 
Can. I, 321; Chap., Fl. S. St. 355; Upham, Fl. Minn. 112; Wats., King Exp. 
278; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 193; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 117. 
North America. Q., Ont. to Saskatchewan and 52° N. 
lat.; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and mts. of Ga.; W. to Gt. lakes, 
Minn., Dak. and Colo. 
Minn valley: Throughout forest district; swampy 
places and wet meadows. 
HeERB.: Holzinger 185, Winona Co.; Sandberg 461, 
Cannon Falls; Hammond 38, Minneapolis. 
LXXXVII. APOCYNACEAE. Dogbane Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 577 (1836-40); Bentham and Hooker, Gen. 
Plant. II, 681 (1876); Baillon, Hist. Pl. X, 146 (1891). 
Genera: 127 (Baillon); 103 (B. and H.); tropical reg- 
ions; a few in temperate zones of N. and S. hemispheres. 
Species: 1000+; very few in S. hemisphere; a few 
fossil from Tertiary, Apocynophyllum ? 
APOCYNUM Linn. Gen. 187 (1737). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. X, 207; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 716; Durand, 
Ind. Gen, Phan. 264; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 767. 
Living species: 5; S. Europe; temperate Asia; N 
America. Russia, 2; Europe, 1; N. America, 2; Pl. Wheel., 2, 
Canada, 2; W. Tex., 1-2. 
Fossil species: Apocynophyllum; Tertiary, Portugal, 
Japan, Australia, East Indies (Heer, Hitinghausen), afew spec- 
ies; all rather doubtful. 
Apocynum cannabinum Linn. Spec. 213 (1753). 
A. sibiricum JAcg. Hort. Vindob. III, 66 (1776). 
A, hypericifolium Att. Hort. Kew. I, 304 (1789). 
A. pubescens R. Br. Wern. Soc. I, 67 (1808). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 338; Britt., Fl. N. J. 168; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 140; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 358; Upham, Fl. Minn. 114; Mac., Fl. Can. 
I, 318, 565; Coult., Fl. Colo. 237; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 473; Wats. 
