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to Wisconsin spfcics. .Ajurii.-iii .iiid IJuyd. jjdtli I't'sidciits of <»!ii((. Ikivc cov- 

 iTi'd not only llioir own n';,qiiii hut lia\t' made tlicii studies more .m-ncral. 

 IJoyd lias exteiuU'd Ids ol)S('rvatioiis to variuus parts uf tlu' world. 



Xo special study of Indiana sptcies has hcen made. In ls!»:j I'nderwood 

 listed twenty-tliree sjiecies in the lieport of the lintanical Division of the 

 Indiana Stati r>io!oi,d(al Sni'vey. puhlislicd in the I'roceediu.Jis of tlit 

 Academy fi;i- Isii:;, |i]). i:'.-( 7 (ls<.)4). rresumalily this includes all tiiat 

 were known to him in tJie state at tliat time. Xo additions were made 

 either hy Iiideiwood or Arthur in tlieir supplementary lists in the I'rocei'd- 

 ings for ]S!)(r. Keddick menti>)iis four sjiecics in a pa]ier in the .'J-ld .\nnnal 

 Rei)ort of tlie Departmeid of Geoloiry and Natural Itesourrcs of Indiana. 

 ]!i(i7. Iiut none of tliem are aihlitions to the Inderwond list. \au Hook 

 lias puhlished two lists of Indiana funv'i. one in the I'l-oieedinirs of the 

 Indiana Academy for I'.iKi. |ip. Lln."(-iM-: (I'.ill ). and another in the I'roi-eed- 

 ings for 1!)]1, pp .■U7-.'!r)4 ( I'.ilL'l. which include references to seven si)ecies. 

 only two of which were not in the jirevious lists, 'i'his makes a total <if 

 at least twenty-five sjiecies which have hcen rcpoited for the state tlironuh 

 the Academy. For tlie most part these are small or nnderately small 

 forms. It is certain that this is not a cumjilete record luit no effort lias 

 been made toward an exhaustive search of the liteiature. \aiious refer- 

 ences to Indiana s])ecies occur in the writin.'js ot Mori,Mn. Lloyd. .Mdlvane. 

 and others, and si far as known to the writer several additional species 

 may he mentioned. 



A medium-si/cil species ( 4-S cm. in diameter) said hy I,lo\(l to occur 

 in Indiana. Imt aiiparcntly not mentioned in any of the Academy records, 

 is BorislcIId ()lii(nsi.s. 'I'his plant was twice collected in the vicinity of 

 Lafayette in (ictoher. I'.Mi*. oik-- l)y .Mr. lienry Meiu's and once hy I'rof. 

 ('. It. OiMon and the wrilei'. In the I'oi-uier collectidu. wliicli was only 

 about half matni'e when lu-nuuhl in. the pi'iidia ranged from ."-S cm. in 

 diameter. Lloyd esiiecially meidions a rolmsf siiei-imeii in the I'.llis herh- 

 ariuni (now .at the X. \'. llitanical Cardeni which he says was collected 

 by (iintiy in iidiaiia. This speiinien is .about In (in. in diameter but ae- 

 cordiuL: to Lloyd it rarely o(iiii's so laru'e. While the spt'ciineiis collected 

 by .Mr. Mei^s do net eipi.al (lie (Jenlry specimen in si/.e they ap|ie;ir to ap- 

 ]iroa<-li il nioi'e nearly than n^ual. 'the siiecimens taken by ()rt(ai and tlie 

 wi-i1ei- aie considei-.abiy weathered but appear [>< have been of ordinary si/e. 

 4 (i (III. in diameter. 'IbeN cumpire \rvy faxorabl.v with Lloyd's Fifxs. 5 

 mil r. Plate .^H, accompanyiu- his .Myt'oloL'ical Xoles. .Xo. '_>:! ( I'tOli). A 





