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 XATivE iM.Axrs OF wiini': ("ouxTV— iir. 



I.oi IS F. IlKiMi.K II. I'unliic r 



incrsiiv. 



Tlio antlinr's lii'st icpoit of native plants of Wliilc ('(junly was tliat of 

 a siiiiilo species, wliieli at tlie time of pultlicatinii was llie lirsl recoi-d of lli.n 

 plant foi' the stati'. 'I'lie title of tlie paper is "Tlie I'rinirose-lea ve(| \'i<.lcl 

 ill White County' and it appears in tlie ri-oeee(lin;;s of the Indiana Aeadeiiiy 

 of Science. IHH. pai^es U'l:'.-!'! T. 



'I"he M'cond report of ii:iti\-e jtlants of White Connt.N is included in a 

 tliesi.^. written for the .M.S.. d(>j;reo. IMirdue ("niver.sity. llUC. and pub- 

 lished in the ProeeodinKs of the Indiana Academy of Scioiicc. 1017. pages 

 :!ST-471. sul)ject : The Trees of White County, Indiana, with some Reference 

 to Those of tlie State. Inchnled in the list of trees are also a numlier of 

 nativ(> shrulis. The total nunih(M- of si.ecies reported in the thesis is sev- 

 enty-nine sjiecies and two varieties. 



The list lielow includes one hundred and twenty species classili(>d as one 

 ImndnMl lifteen species of herbs and live sjiecies of shrubs or woody vines. 

 The author has nuide no atteniiit to collect plants below the Araceae. He 

 also lealizes that the list is very far from complete. .Nearly all of the 

 species here reported ai'e represented by heriiai-ium siK'cimens. Most of 

 the species were eolleeted in Honey Creek Township alunit the vicinity of 

 Ueyiiolds. The nomenclature is that of Gray's Xew :Manual of Botany, 

 seventli Edition. The plants are listed in their natural order, followed by 

 brief notes relatinj; to distribution, abundance, etc. When no data is 

 attached, it is inulerstood that the species is more or less common in 

 Honey Creelv Tow-nship. The list contains many species which are not 

 native but are more or less well establislied. Tlieir origin, according to 

 (Iray. is mentioned in each case. The list follows. 



HERBS. 



Araceae (Arum Family). 



1. Arisaema triphyllum iLi Schott. Jack-in-the-imlpit. 

 1'. Arisaema dracontium (L) Schott. (Jreen Dragon. 

 Tippecanoe river, three miles south of Buffalo. 



l.enniaceae (Duckweed Family). 

 ;!. ^\■oltIia coliinibiana Karst. Columbia Duckweed. 



Backwater 'i'ippecanoe I'iver neai- mouth of I'ike Cr(>ek. 



Commelinaceae ( Spiderwort Famil.vi. 

 -I. Tradescantia reHexa Raf. Retlexed Spiderwort. 



l.iliaceae I Lily Family). 

 .".. Uvularia iMM-foliat:i I.. I'erfoliate Bellwoit. 

 <;. Uvularia grandiflora Sm. I.arge-tlowered r.ellwort. B.oth species 



found along banks of Tippecanoe river. 

 7. Liliuni canadense 1,. Wild Yellow I.ilv. Along railroa-ls. 



