436 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Pl. King, 17; California, 40-45; HE. Sts., 6; Pl. Wheel., 10; W. 
Tex., 8. 
Phacelia purshii Bucky. Am. Jour. Sci. XLV, 172 (1844). 
P. fimbriata Purso, Fi. Am. (1814) not Micha. 
Cosmanthus fimbriatus A. DC. Prodr. IX, 297 (1845). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 359; Chap., F1.S. St. 355; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 109; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 162; Cov., Fl. Ark. 205. 
North America: W. Penn. to Minn.; 8S. to Tenn., N. 
Car., Alab. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. E. edge; rare or doubt- 
ful; woods and shaded banks. 
XCII. BORRAGINACEAE. Borage Family. 
Lindl.. Veg. King. 655 (1846); Lehm., Pl. Asp. (1818)—Asperifoliae ; 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 643 (1836-40)—Cordiacene; Lindl., Veg. King. 653 (1846) 
—Ehretiaceae; Bentham and Hooker, Gen, Pl. II, 832 (1876); Baillon, Hist. 
Pl. X, 343 (1891)—excl. Hydrophyllaceae. 
Genera: 75; (B. and H.—68); cosmopolitan; especially 
abundant in the Orient. 
Species: 1250+; 38-4 doubtful fossils in Tertiary; Bor- 
aginites. 
ONOSMODIUM Micux. FI. Bor.-Am. I, 182 (18038), 
Purshia SPRENG. Lehm. Asperif. 382 (1818). 
Osmodium Rar. N. Y. Med. Rep. II, V, 350 (1808). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. X, 384; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 859; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan, 284. 
Living speties: 6; N. America and Mexico. N. Amer., 
4; S. Sts., 2; Canada, 2; Rocky mts., 1; E. Sts., 1; Pl. Wheel., 
1; W. Tex., 2. 
Onosmodium carolinianum (LAM.) DC. Prodr. X, 70 (1846). 
Lithospermum carolinianum Lam. Ill. and Enc. Meth. Suppl. II, 
837 (1811). 
Purshia mollis LeaMm. Asper. 383 (1821). 
Onosmodium molle BECK, Bot. (18383). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 366; Coult, Fl. Colo. 264; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 135; Upham., Fl. Minn. 106; Chap., FI. 8. St. 331; Mac., Fl. Can, 
I, 342; Cov., Fl. Ark. 206; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 206; Coult., Fl. Tex. 288. 
North America: Ont., W. N. Y. and Penn. to Minn., 
Colo. and Neb.; S. to Ga., Ark. and Tex. 
Minn. valley: Districts E. of Pommes des Terres river; 
river banks aud edges of sloughs. 
HERB.: ?Sandberg 443, Cannon Falls; Ballard 185, 
Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 644, Minnesota lake; Herb. Moyer 
189, Montevideo. 
