Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 417 

 707. RIBWORT; ENGLISH PLANTAIN 



PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA L. 



Not very common ; a few plants along the railroad north of the 

 ice-houses, also near the Lakeview Hotel ; apparently of recent in- 

 troduction. Noticed in flower May 24, 1901, and June 12. More 

 common in the vicinity of railroads. In some parts of the state 

 spreading and becoming a bad weed. 



708. LARGE-BRACTED PLANTAIN 



PLANTAGO ARISTATA Michx. 



Not common; and probably of recent introduction. Only two 

 patches found, one by the Gravelpit and the other by Murray's. In 

 flower June 17 and later. A conspicuous plant when in fruit. 



Family 135. Rubiace^. Madder Family 

 709. bluets; innocence 



HOUSTONIA COERULEA L. 



Rather common in one place on the west side of the rail- 

 road in an open grassy area, near a swamp southwest of Murray's. 

 Rather scattered in distribution in the state, but it is sometimes 

 present in large patches. One of the most attractive of our spring 

 flowers and easily transplanted to the garden or flowerpot where it 

 continues to thrive and blossom for some time. 



710. BUTTON-BUSH 



CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS L. 



Quite common about the edges of the lake where the shore is 

 swampy, as on the south shore of Outlet Bay, and south of 

 Green's; also in the swamp adjacent to the lake between Farrar's 

 and Overmyer's. Button-bushes also form the borders of woodland 

 ponds, both south of the lake (Zechiel's, Farrar's and Walley's), 

 and, the numerous woodland ponds, east of the lake. They gener- 

 ally grow in such tangles that the form of the individual bush is not 

 noticeable, but down in the neighborhood of the Busart road, some 

 little distance from the lake, a clump of these bushes which had 

 reached the dimensions of small trees (15 or 20 feet high) grew 

 in a level flat which had no underbrush and did not appear at 

 any time to be a pond. Here the exceedingly crooked trunks, 

 giving the impression of immense age and dwarfishness, had a 

 peculiarly grotesque effect. Usually the bases of the bushes when 

 in ponds are skirted by long moss, and among moss in such situa- 



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