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Steuben Counties. J. M. Coulter, in discussing the report from Jefferson 

 County, says : "I very much doubt the genuineness of the specimens placed 

 under this species. I strongly suspect it to be nothing more than an ex- 

 treme form of Claytonia virginica". I agree with him and believe that all 

 of our Indiana reports should be transferred. 



Woods, especially in the mountains, from N. S. to Minn., southw. to 

 N. C. and Ga. 



215. Claytonia robusta (Somes) Rydb. Reported from Indiana by 

 Rydberg (Flora of North Amer. 21 : 298. 1932) . I have not seen his speci- 

 men or investigated this report because I believe this species is only a form 

 of Claytonia virginica. 



Ind. to Iowa, southw: to Mo. 



216. PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA Hook. COMMON PORTULACA. This species 



has been reported from Monroe and St. Joseph Counties. Schneck wrote 

 that it escaped from gardens to the streets in the Lower Wabash Valley. 

 The two reports were, no doubt, of garden escapes, and the species has 

 not yet become established. 



Nat. of S. A. ; naturalized in e. and w. N. A. 



217. Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. This species was found on June 

 30, 1924, by Madeline Gullion in a roadside ditch north of Ellettsville just 

 north of the crossing of the Gosport Road and the Chicago, Indianapolis, 

 and Louisville Railway. Since this is our only report and it is evidently 

 a railroad migrant, the species is excluded until further reports are 

 made. 



Nat. of Eu. ; Que. and Ont., southw. to Pa. and Mich. ; also in B. C. 



218. Stellaria longipes Goldie. (Alsine longiyes (Goldie) Coville of 

 Britton and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) Reported from Noble, St. Joseph, 

 Tippecanoe, and Vigo Counties. Since there are no specimens and since the 

 range of the species is far to the north of Indiana, I am referring these 

 reports to some other species. 



Lab., N. S. to Que. and Minn, to Alaska, southw. in the Rocky Mts. to 

 Colo, and Calif. 



219. Spergula arvensis L. Spurrey. On July 4, 1912, I found a dense 

 colony of this species about 150 feet long along the road between Cannelton 

 and Derby about 6 miles from Derby in Perry County. In 1934 it was 

 found in Crawfordsville by A. R. Bechtel. It was reported from Clark 

 County by Baird & Taylor. There has been only one report from Ohio. 

 Because the reports of its distribution do not show that it is of an aggres- 

 sive, weedy nature, I prefer to leave it with the excluded species until 

 there are additional reports. 



Nat. of Eu. ; e. Canada to Calif, and southw. to S. C. 



220. Spergularia rubra (L.) J. & C. Presl. (Tissa rubra (L.) Britt. of 

 Britton and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) Sand Spurrey. In 1914, this 

 species was reported by Nieuwland as found on the road from Notre Dame 

 to Lost Lake. This is a European plant which in due time will possibly be- 



