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REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL DIVISION OF THE INDIANA 

 STATE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1894. 



1A"i IKN M. r.VDERWOOD, DIRECTOR. 



In i)reseiitin<j; my socoiul annniil report as director of tlie Botiinical Division 

 of the P)i()lo^icai Snrvey. it is fair to state tiiat the organization of the snrvev 

 alldws 11(1 a|>|ir(ipriati(in inv earrviiit,'' (in the \v(irl<. and whatever lias l)een done 

 by tlie Director lias been in addition to tiie eares of a laboratory and department 

 of botany. In the jiresent year ihe Director was necessarily absent from the state 

 dnrint;- the entire summer and was further prcxfiiled frdui doinii- as extensive 

 field work during the latter part of the year as was planned, on account of the 

 accumulation of work of other kinds during the summer. It is very desirable 

 that certain explorations bi' made in some of the less visited portions of tlu' state. 

 and in order to do this some arrangiment will ha\e to be made to si'cure tran-- 

 portation to these regions. 



Duting the spring and fall ctinsidcraide collections were made in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the university (Putnam County ^ and i|uite a number of addi- 

 tions were made to the list of last year; the trip to Koehester during the spring 

 meeting of the Academy re^nlti'd in se\eral additions to the flora. A trip to 

 Franklin County in November was only partially successful on account of heavy 

 rains. Material has been collected also by Mr. E. W. Olive in Montgoinery 

 County, who has made a considerable number of additions to the list of parasitic 

 fungi of the sta(e. Some of my own students have made small collections, 

 notaljly in (irant. ( irecn and Orange ('ountic's. With further determinations of 

 previously collected materials, together with that collected during the prc'sent 

 year, we can add some i>lant< to the pri'viously pnl)lished list. These [>lants, with 

 their data, are included in Appendix A to this report. Mr. ,J. 15. Ellis has fur- 

 nished descriptions of three new species of Fniuji Impi'rjecti. A list of new host 

 plants for fungi forms, A]ipendix I'. Notes on the pievious report are included 

 in .\pj)endix C. 



It is desirable to obtain a comjilcte list of the persons who are willing to col- 

 lect data and otherwise serve as correspondents to the survey. We ought to have 

 at least one in each counly of the stale from whom reliable data can be received 

 in regard to the ociairrenci-, relative abundance and present status, of certain 

 plants. If possible, yearly reports as to the apjiearance of new plants, particu- 

 larly weeds, should be received. The recent issue of a bulletin (ui this subject 

 from the State Experiment Station well illustrates the need of a fuller list of 

 correspondents, and as well the immensely practical value of such inforiinalioii 



