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Ulmii-^ Julia Michx. Slippery Elm, Red Elm. Is a common forest tree in 

 drift soils, often very large. 



Betulu lenta L. Cherry Birch, Sweet Birch. < )ccuis sparingly in the tama- 

 rack swamps at Delong, south of Lake Maxinkuckee. 



Betuki pumila L. Low Birch. Not rare about the lakes. 



No notes on Carya, Quercus or Salix. 



Conifera'. The only species seen were of Larix and Juniperus; the latter is 

 general, but nowhere abundant. Larix Ameticaiia Michx. occurs plentifully in 

 the so-called tamarack swamps, and these are being limited more and more in 

 size and number. 



Orchids. A careful search was made for orchids, and the following list 

 gives all the species found : 



Liparis loeselii Richard. Tway-blade. A few plants on a moist hillside 

 south of Lake Cicott. The plants were past bloom when found, and a dried 

 specimen was compared with those in the herbarium of Purdue University. 



Spiranthe-i cernua Richard. Rare ; in low, moist woods south of Cicott. 



Godyera pubescens R. Br. Rattlesnake Plantain. Rare ; in woods southeast 

 of Cicutt ; plants were in leaf only. 



Calopo(/on pttlclteUiis R. Br. Common in swamps about the lakes. 



Pocjonia ophiocjlo^snides Nutt. In a peat bog at DeLong; here common. 



Habenaria bracteata R. Br. Rein-Orchis. A group of three plants found in 

 the thin sandy woods west of Logansport. 



Habenaria lacera R. Br. Ragged Fringed Orchis. Two plants found in peat 

 bog with Pogonia. 



Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Large Yellow Lady's-Slipper. Rare in the 

 woods southeast of Cicott ; not seen elsewhere. 



Cypripeditnn spectabile Salisb. Showy Lady's-Slipper. In the low grounds on 

 the southern extremity of Lake Maxinkuckee ; rare. 



Cypripedium acaule Ait. Stemless Lady's-Slipper. Common in one locality, 

 a small, dense tamarack swamp east of Monterey. 



Aletrisfarinosa L. Star Grass. Very rare ; in low ground on the edge of a 

 woods south of Cicott. 



Allittni cernuum Roth. Wild Onion. Very common in many places and in 

 all kinds of situations. Tall and showy in the wet meadows and swamps east of 

 Lake Cicott ; less showy on moist limestone ledges on the Wabash ; small and 

 stunted in crevices of dry limestone west of Logansport. 



Alliitm Canadense Kalm. Wild Garlic. Lake Cicott ; rare. 



