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son County upon the authority of Young. These reports were made before 

 1890 when Delphinium Ajacis was not in our manuals. Since Delphinium 

 carotin I'dinon has a range south of Indiana while Delphinium Ajacis is 

 known to be a common escape in southeastern Indiana, it is safe to refer 

 these records to Delphinium Ajacis. Benedict & Elrod, geologists, reported 

 this species from Cass & Wabash Counties. Since they did not report 

 Delphinium tricorne, which occurs in this area, it seems safe to refer these 

 reports to that species. 



Va. to Mo., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



235. Delphinium exaltatum Ait. Tall Larkspur. This species has 

 been reported from Dearborn County by Collins, from Wayne County by 

 Phinney, and from Cass & Wabash Counties by Benedict & Elrod. All of 

 these reports are over 40 years old. Benedict and Elrod listed only 92 

 species in their partial list of the plants of those two counties. They 

 were geologists and nearly all of their list consisted of the commonest trees 

 and herbs; among these, there is known to have been at least one error 

 in determination, and it is quite probable that Delphinium exaltatum was 

 also wrongly determined. According to Wilde, who has made the most 

 recent study of the genus covering our species, it does not occur in our 

 area. I am excluding it for this reason and because there is no specimen. 



Atlantic coast of America, Pa., Ohio, and Va. 



236. Delphinium Consolida L. (Long. Delphinium Consolida in 

 America, with a consideration of the status of Delphinium Ajacis. Rho- 

 dora 18: 169-177. 1916.) {"Delphinium Consolida L., a European species 

 which has a glabrous style and capsule, is widely recorded as naturalized 

 in the eastern United States, and was admitted to our first edition ; but all 

 specimens examined prove to be Delphinium Ajacis". Britton and Brown, 

 lllus. Flora, ed. 2, vol. 2: 93. 1913.) Field Larkspur. Reported from 

 about ten counties and all reports except one are about fifty years old. 

 They should all be referred, no doubt, to some other species, and most 

 likely to Delphinium Ajacis L. 



Nat. of Eu. 



237. Anemone parviflora Michx. This species was reported from 

 Steuben County by Bradner. Since he did not report Anemone cylindrica 

 Gray, I believe that he mistook a depauperate specimen of this species for 

 Anemone parviflora which has a range far to the north of Indiana. 



Lab. to Alaska, southw. to n. Mich., Wis., Minn,, and in the mts. to 

 Colo. 



238. Ranunculus cymbalistes Greene. Described by Greene (Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 3: 333. 1914). This species is undoubtedly the same as 

 Ranunculus micranthus Nutt. and I am referring the name to the synonomy 

 of that species. 



239. Ranunculus Flammula L. This species was reported from the 

 vicinity of New Albany by Clapp in 1852 and from Jefferson County by 

 Young in 1871. It is a European plant which has been reported in North 



