no TA NIC A L Ji UL L E TIX. 



Hibiscns Moscheutos, L. was observed here last Auj^ust, beautifully in flower. 

 We were a little surprised at fiiuling it where we did, as there were none of those 

 accompanying saline influences to be noticed witli which this plant is usuallj- as- 

 <sociated. Within lialf a mile of it, however, is a spring showing but slightly tin- 

 presence of Sulphur In its water, but a liollow log sunk for a cistern gives amplr 

 evidence that the percentage of this element is by no means small. We also trieil 

 bard to imagine that in a small degree we experienced the peculiar nauseating 

 ♦■fleet of the well known Magnesia Sulphate. Whatever tlie eff'ect of these spring 

 waters, the occurrence of this plant here is interesting. The locality is far removed 

 from tbe traveled highways and also from the means of transporting seeds 'common 

 (o a thickly populated district. Ximthium spinosum, L. is gradually assuming a 

 local importance with us, but \\o\\ long it has thus lieen insidiously estal)lishiiig a 

 tirm foothold we do not know, but we do know that it was not scarce ten years 

 ago. So far it has spread onlj- along our public roads and this would seem to point 

 to an arrival by transportation and at no distant time. Bidevs cenuia, L. seem- 

 rather a late arrival, as we marked its appearance for the first time along the river 

 banks about the beginning of September. Perhaps the extraordinary floods of the 

 t'arlj' summer swept down the seeds from the tributaries of the upper Ohio. Arte- 

 Hiisia hiomis, Willd. was also collected along our roadsides, tlius leading us to re- 

 mark its progress southward as well as eastward. Onopordon acanthinm, L. is an- 

 otlier rare and local jilant. AVe have also met a small shrub supposed to be Ile.i; 

 laolh's. Gray. PlunUifjo lanccolata, L. is becoming a frequent intruder in our mead- 

 ows and pastures ;ind is associated with P. major about our dwellings. 



Seymeria mncnjph ijlla ^ Xutt. occurs in abundance upon tlie river bluffs from 

 •lulyto October. G<^)\n-dia purpurea, Ij. appears this season along our ]-oadsides, 

 apparently for the first time, as its localities have been beaten over time and again 

 during the past six or seven years by the Editor, and also the writer, witliout pre- 

 ^■ious discovery. Its appearance so far inland may be wortliy of" note, as recorded 

 stations place it nearer the coast or the neighborhood of the great lakes. Cr. temd- 

 j'olia, Valil. is becoming very abundant in some of our old fiehls. G.jlata^ L. ap- 

 jiears as a rarity. Pedictdaris lanceolata, L. was collected during August, in con- 

 siderable abundance in a single swampy locality. The contribution upon plant 

 ivdors by the Editor in the initial number of the Bulletin, calls to mind a striking 

 ;ind delightful corroboration of its value in the Jlelissnofficinaliii, L.. wliich is vei-y 

 local, and whose sweet perfume, something between the Rose Geraiiisnn and Lem- 

 on Verbena, lias afl'orded tlie writer many a pleasant inlialation. Even thougli 

 digressing we are tempted to call attention to the exquisite odor of the little Grati- 

 fda Virginutno, the delicate nectary sweetness of the rare Orclti-s !<pfxtabilis, and the 

 pleasing perfume of Pldca trlfoUata, although in the latter we diflcr from the au- 

 tliorities. 



Synaudra ijro.ndijhrra^ Xutt., w liose name implies its living bcaut\', is a very rare 

 iulialiitaiit of our county. Mertensia Vinj/'nira, DC. with its large drooping clus- 

 iers of wliite, jtink antl ]nirple flowers adorns many a soutlieru slope of the river 

 blufl's. Among the Hydruphyllacece ixrc Hydrophyllum macrvphyUum, 'Sx.xtt., H. ap- 

 pcndiculatum, Mx., //• Canadeuse, L., and Phacelia blpinnatijida, Mx. Phlox divari- 

 '■ata, L. is frequentlj' met with from March to May in the rich woods and thickets 

 Uiat iiave a southerly exposure althougli this plant is given a mountainous or more 

 )iorth(!rn distribution. A single specimen of Obolaria Virginica, L. has been detected . 

 Specimens of Asclepias qziadn'folia, Jacq. are frequently met with from April to 

 .Uine, but not in any abundance. Ensleniaalbida, Xutt. is fast becoming establish- 

 ed in the vicinitj- of the Ohio Elver. 



Euphorbln luarijinata, Pursh. is very plentiful on some of the river liillsides near 

 Madison, Ind. It is associated with Xanthium spinositm, and may have had a simi- 

 lar introduction. Its spread has been more rapid than that of the Xanthium duwng 

 I he past decade and now it ranges over man}' acres of the hilly ground, while it 

 slowly but surely is creeping upwards to the level ground, where in a few j'^ears 



