74 BIG SPRING PRAIRIE. 
The density of shrubby growth is fully as great 
on the West Dune as on the Dune Complex, but there 
is no sod upon the former, while portions of the latter 
are densely sodded. 
The difference in herbaceous vegetation is still 
more striking than in the case of the shrubby plants. 
On West Dune the following were the principal 
herbaceous plants: 
Galium (two species) (Cleavers or Bedstraw); Cir- 
caea lutetiana (Enchanter’s night shade); Viola pubes- 
cens (Downy Yellow Violet); Viola canadensis (Canada 
Violet); Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill); Podop- 
hyllum peltatum (May Apple); Polygonatum biflorum 
(Hairy Solomon’s Seal); Scrophularia marylandica 
(Maryland Figwood); Arctium lappa (Burdock); Urtica 
gracilis (Slender Nettle); Botrychium virginianum 
(Virginia Grape-Fern); Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive 
Fern. ) 
On the Dune Complex the following were the most 
common and characteristic herbaceous plants: 
Bicuculla cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches); Vag- 
nera racemosa (False Solomon Seal); Vagnera stellata 
(Stellate Solomon’s Seal); Erythronium americanum 
(Yellow Adder’s Tongue); Trillium grandiflorum (Large 
Flowered Wake-Robin); Polygonatum biflorum (Hairy 
Soloman’s, Seal); Podophyllum peltatum (May Apple); 
Hydrastis canadensis (Golden Seal); Ranunculus (sev- 
eral species) (Buttercups); Washingtonia longistylis 
(Sweet Cicely); Dentaria laciniata (Cut-Leaf Pepper 
Root); Anemone quinquefolia (Wood anemone); Caulop- 
hyllum_ thalictroides (Blue Cohosh); and Cardamine 
purpurea (Purple Bitter-Cress ) 
Other common plants are: 
Geranium maculatum (Wild Crane’s Bill); Viola 
(several species) (Violets); Scrophularia marylandica 
(Maryland Figwort); Cicaea lutetiana (Enchanter’s 
Nightshade); Heuchera americana (Alum Root); Trios- 
