324 



LlLIACEAE 



Aletris 



50 



Map 664 



Trillium Gleasoni Fern, 



50 



Map 665 



Aletris farinosa L. 



described as having- the petals, and often the filaments and anthers 

 maroon. Specimens occur in this state which also have the ovaries partly 

 or entirely reddish brown. These should not, however, be confused with 

 either Trillium erectum, which has a very dark purple ovary or with 

 Trillium cernuum var. macranthum, which has purplish anthers. Both of 

 the last named forms have much longer filaments than f. Walpolei. Doubt- 

 less this is Trillium cernuum var. atrorubens Wood. (Rept. Indiana Geol. 

 Survey 2: 286-287. 1871.) 



This form seems to occur with the species in all parts of the state. 



1143. ALETRIS L. 



1. Aletris farinosa L. Stargrass. Map 665. Infrequent throughout the 

 northern part of the state as indicated on the map. In addition there are 

 reports from Floyd and Vigo Counties and Schneck says it was found in 

 prairies in the Lower Wabash Valley but is nearly extinct. It is found in 

 moist, sandy soil in wet or moist prairies, in prairie habitats in open 

 woods, and in open woods. I have made repeated attempts to establish 

 this species in our garden but it fails in a few years although I have 

 transplanted it into both neutral and sandy soils with an abundance of 

 the original soil. 



Southern Maine to Minn., southw. to Fla. and La. 



1151. SMILAX [Tourn.] L. 



[Pennell. Smilax, subgenus Nemexia (Raf.), in the eastern United 

 States. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 409-421. 1916.] 



Plants herbaceous, without prickles. 



Mature leaves not glaucous beneath but sparsely pubescent with colorless hairs, ovate- 

 oblong, very thin, yellow green, glossy above and beneath, mostly cordate at the 

 base, sometimes subcordate or even truncate, usually long-acuminate at the 

 apex, the margins generally erose and usually more or less ciliate with long 

 and short, colorless hairs, blades not decurrent on the petioles or scarcely so; 



segments of staminate flowers mostly 4-5 mm long, lanceolate; fruit black 



1. S. pulverulenta. 



