Plants of White County 281 



PLANTS OF WHITE COUNTY— V. 



Louis F. Heimlich, Purdue University. 



In this paper 117 additional species and varieties of the White 

 County, Indiana, flora are reported. This makes the total number of 

 M^ild plants of the county reported by the author 387. 



The author has spared no pains to make the following list as correct 

 as possible. Practically all specimens were checked by C. C. Deam, 

 BluflFton, Indiana. The Rosa species were identified by P. A. Rydberg, 

 New York Botanical Garden. The Salix species were identified by 

 C. R. Ball; the Malus and Crataegus species by W. W. Eggleston, both 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The determination of numbers 

 661, 673, 677, 681, 682, 685, 686, 699, 700, 701, 703, 707, 710, 712, 

 739, 742, 745, 746, 747, 748, 753, 755, 763, 775, 776, 777, 780, 781, 

 782, 783, and 788 is authorized by the Gray Herbarium, Harvard 

 University. 



All species reported in this paper were collected in the central 

 and northeastern part of the county. Species numbers 649 to 688 

 and numbers 827 and 828 were collected on April 21 and 23, 1922; 

 numbers 690 to 735 were collected on May 27 and 28, 1922; numbers 

 739 to 825 were collected on August 30 and 31, and September 2 and 3, 

 1922. These numbers follow the species names and indicate the specimen 

 numbers in the author's collection. 



It is believed that the following species and varieties included in 

 the list are new to the state or merit special reference. 



Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. falsus Fernald. 



Rubus pergratus Blanchard. 



Lespedeza capitata Michx. var. stenophylla Fernald & Bissell. 



Solidago caesia L. var. axillaris (Pursh) Gray. 



Xanthium pennsylvanicuni Wallr. 



Brief notes are attached to these and certain other interesting 

 species in the general list below. 



Equisetaceae. 

 Equisetum arvense L. Field horsetail. Nos. 651, 688. See fig. 1. 

 Equisetiim kansanum Schafi'n. {E. laevigatum A. Br.) No. 703. Smooth 



scouring rush. 



Typhaceae. 

 Typha latifolia L. Broad-leaved cat-tail. No. 754 



Gramineae. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (Syntherisma sanguinale (L) Dulac) 



No. 777. Large crab grass. 

 Panicum scribnerianum Nash. Scribner's panic grass. No. 699. 

 Setaria hitescens (Weigel) Hubbard, (S. glauca (L.) Beauv. of Gray's 



Manual, or the Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn. of Britton and 



Brown). Common or yellow foxtail. No. 781. For revised 



nomenclature see Rhodora Vol. 18:232:1916. 

 Cevchrus tnbuloides L. Sand-bur or bur-grass. No. 768. 



"Proc. 38th Meeting, 1922 (1923)." 



