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76. Plantago aristata Michx. 



[Plantago patagonica aristata Gray.) 

 Evansville & Terre Haute Railway and canal banks south of Terre 

 Haute, Vigo county ; scarce. June 24, 1888. 

 The first record for the State. 



77. Viburnum moile Michx. 



Found along the fence-rows and margins of dry upland prairies below 

 Youngstown, Vigo county; scarce. 



The leaves larger, more rounded, thicker and more soft and downy than 

 those of V. dentatum L. 



Recorded from Jefferson county. 

 77a. Willoughbya scandens (L. ) Kuntze. Climbing Hemp-weed. 

 ( Milania scandert-^ L. ) 



A handsome twining member of the Compositae. 



Found in abundance covering the shrubs growing south of the wagon 

 bridge across Sandy Hook creek, five miles east of Hebron, Porter county, 

 September 21, 1897. 



Recorded before from Gibson county by Dr. Schneck. Manual range, 

 " E. New Eng. to Ky. and southward."' 



78. Ldcinaria spicata (L. ) Kuntze. 



(Liatrii spicata Willd. ) 

 Virgin prairies near Heckland, Vigo county; scarce. Aug. 17. 

 Recorded from Jefferson and Lake. 

 *79. Chryi<opsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. Golden Aster. 



Along the sandy banks of the old canal between Ft. Harrison and Five- 

 Mile Pond, Vigo county. 



The first record for the State, its range being given as " Wisconsin to 

 Kentucky and westward." 

 80. Solidago odora Ait. Sweet Golden-rod. 



Near Heckland, Vigo county, from borders of prairies; rare. Sept. 15. 

 Recorded before only from Gibson county, by Dr. Schneck, who, accord- 

 ing to State Catalogue, "was inclined to doubt this species." Dr. J. M. 

 Coulter, to whom my specimen was sent for verification, noted it as "a good 

 find," so that it must be rare in the State. It is regarded as a valid species 

 by the authors of the Catalogue of the Flora of Northeastern North America. 

 *81. Solidago rigidiuscula (T. & G.) Porter. 



{Solidago speciosa angustata T. & G. ) 

 Clearings and borders of prairie at Heckland, Vigo county. Sept. 5. 

 The first Indiana re<x)rd. 



