426 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Asclepias syriaca Linn. Spec, ed. 2, 318 (1762). 
A. cornuti DECN. in DC. Prodr. VIII, 564 (1844). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 341; Britt., Fl: N. J. 169; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 141; Chap., Fl. S. St. 362; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 319; Herd., Fl. Eur. 
Russ. 86; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1,91 and Syn. Suppl. IT, 401. 
Russia in Europe; N. Asia. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Saskatchewan; 
S. to N. Eng., N. J. and N. Car.; W. to Minn., and Neb.— 
spreading throughout continent. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; rich meadows and edges 
of thickets or streams. 
HeErRB.: Ballard 26m, Chaska; Taylor 579, Minnesota 
lake; Ballard 258, Jordan, Scott Co.; Sheldon 1552, Lake Ben- 
ton; Herrick 251, Minneapolis; Kassube 204, Minneapolis; Sand- 
berg 468, Cannon Falls; Herb. Sheld. 1697, Minneapolis; Herb. 
Moyer 203, Montevideo. 
Asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. II, 218 (1884). 
A. douglasiti Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. II, 53 (1840). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 341; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Upham, 
F). Minn. 114; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 475; Coult., Fl. Colo. 239; 
Mac., Fl. Can. I, 319; II, 341; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 188; Wats., King Exp. 
282; Cov., Fl. Ark. 203; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 91. 
North America: Man. and Assiniboia to Rocky mts., 
Brit. Col. and Oregon; S. to Yosemite -valley; E. to Utah, 
Ark., ‘Neb., Minn. 
Minn. valley: Probably throughout; especially S. and 
W.; fields and river banks. 
Hers.: Taylor 727, Wells, Faribault Co.; Herb. Moyer 
202, Montevideo. 
Asclepias incarnata Linn. Spec. ed. 2, 314 (1762). 
A. pulchra WILLD. Spec. I, 1207 (1798). 
A, amoena Bronen. Ann. Sci. Nat. XXIV, t. 13 (1831). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 340; Britt., Fl. N. J. 170; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 140; Upham, Fl. Minn. 114; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 318; Chap., Fl. S. 
St. 363; Cov., Fl. Ark. 203; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1,90; Coult., Fl. Tex. 265 
mM Var. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Saskatchewan and 
S. Man.; 8S. to N. J., N. Car. and Ga.; W. to Dak., Neb., Ark., 
La., Tex. in var. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; edges of swamps and 
marshes. : 
HERB.: Ballard 853, Patterson lake, Carver Co.; 
Taylor 568, Minnesota lake; Ballard 757, Waconia; Taylor 777, 
Glenwood; Sheldon 645, Waseca; Holzinger 188, Winona Co.; 
Sandberg 471, Goodhue Co.; Sandberg 472, Cannon Falls; Her- 
