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Aster viniitieus Lam., /oliolomis Gray. This form is reported from Franklin 

 county by O. M. Meyncke. So far as I am able to judge the reference is correct, 

 although the well-known difficulty of separating the group of species in which it 

 is found renders absolute certainty impossible. 



Aster Junceus Ait. Reported from Clarke county by Baird and Taylor is in 

 all probability not a member of the State flora. The very scant specimen I have 

 examined from the Clark county locality is probably A. Novi-Belgii L. As the 

 specimens fit the latter as well as they do junceus, range probabilities lead to the 

 exclusion of A. junceus Ait., from the State flora. 



Ambrosia bidentata Michx. Reported as " common, dry prairies" " in Gibson 

 and Posey counties by Dr. Schneck. From the west and probably to be found as 

 far north as Vermillion county, although the Gibson and Posey county station 

 the only one reported. 



Rudbeekia speciosa Wenderoth. Reported from Jefferson county by J. M. 

 CouUer. The specimen has not been examined, but is admitted upon the author- 

 ity of the collector. 



Rudbeekia fulgida Ait. Reported by Dr. A. J. Phinney from Jay, Delaware, 

 Wayne and Randolph counties. Dr. Phinney states that his specimens were veri- 

 fied by Dr. John M. Coulter. The species is therefore admitted, although so 

 marked a form should not re.st upon a single reference. 



He'ianthus ricjidus Desf. Jay, Delaware, Wayne and Randolph counties. 

 Dr. A. J. Phinney. The form is very characteristic and could scarcely be mis- 

 taken. It is probably a member of the State flora, although its more natural lo- 

 cation would be the western portion of the State. 



Helianthus occidentalis Riddell. St. Joseph county. Reported by Dr. Charles 

 R. Barnes and verified by abundant specimens. 



Helianthus tomentosus Michx. Reported from Clark county by Baird and 

 Taylor, is probably an incorrect reference. No specimens have been examined 

 and the range probabilities are sharply against its presence in the State. 



Coreopsis auriculata L. Clark county, Baird and Taylor. 



Coreopsis discoidea Torr. and Gray. A specimen of this species is in the Pur- 

 due herbarium labelled Gibson county. No collector's name is given. The plant 

 is not included in Dr. Schneck's Flora of Lower Wabash Valleij. The identification 

 is correct, the only question which arises is concerning the locality. I know of 

 no collector other than Dr. Schneck in that region. Upon the specimen, the 

 species is admitted to the flora. 



' 7th Geol. Rep. Intl., 1875, p. 537. 



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