Kickxia 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



835 



Verbascum Thapsus L. 



50 



Map 1813 



Linana vulgaris Hi 



of about three miles. I sent specimens collected from this colony to Pennell 

 who sent them to Murbeck for determination. Murbeck, in 1936, identified 

 them as Verbascum phlomoides L. In 1937 I found this mullein common 

 along an east and west road two miles north of Rochester, Fulton County 

 and in several places along the Tippecanoe River south of Talma. 

 Nat. of Eu. 



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Verbascum Thapsus L. Mullein. Map 1811. Frequent to common 

 throughout the state. This mullein prefers a dry, sandy or gravelly soil and 

 is found principally in pastures, idle fields, and waste places along road- 

 sides. It is a common weed of pastures because stock do not eat it. 

 Nat. of Eu. ; naturalized nearly throughout temperate N. A. 



7479. KICKXIA Dumort. 



1. Kickxia Elatine (L.) Dumort. (Linaria Elatine (L.) Mill.) Map 

 1812. This species was found in 1925 by R. C. Friesner in Clifty Falls 

 State Park, Jefferson County. It was well established about half a mile 

 north of Tunnel Falls. It has also been reported from Ohio and Vander- 

 burg Counties by Hansen (Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 34: 257. 1925.) There 

 is a specimen in the herbarium of Indiana University collected by Wible in 

 Lawrence County. 



Nat. of Eu. ; naturalized from Mass. to La., mostly near the coast and 

 inland to n. N. Y., Ind., and Mo. 



7480. LINARIA [Bauhmj Mill. Toadflax 



Flowers yellow, 2-3 cm long; capsules mostly 6-8 mm long 1. L. vulgaris. 



Flowers blue or rarely white, about 1 cm long; capsules about 2-5 mm long 



2. L. canadensis. 



1. Linaria vulgaris Hill. Common Toadflax. Map 1813. This species 

 prefers dry, sandy soil and has escaped from cultivation to roadsides and 

 pastures throughout the state. It has become a weed in some of the eastern 



