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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF INDIANA, No. V. By STANLEY CoULTER. 
Since the last report to the Academy, two plants worthy of note have 
been added to the State flora by Prof. Blatchley. 
Vitis rupestris Scheele-—On sand ridges in Lake county. The plant 
had first been called to my attention by Mr. H. C. Cowles, of Chicago 
University, and was doubtfully referred to V. cordifolia Michx. Later 
Prof. Blatchley sent me fruiting specimens from the same general region 
which proved that the plant could not be so referred. The specimens were 
sent to Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University, who determined them 
to be V. rupestris. This grape is essentially southern in its mass distribu- 
tion, its recorded range being from Missouri to Texas, Tennessee and the 
banks of the Potomac near Washington. It is difficult to understand 
how it could have wandered so far from its original range, although, as 
Prof. Bailey writes, “botanists have ceased being surprised at anything 
from that region.” ; 
Juniperus nana Willd., (=J. communis, L., var. alpina Gaud.).—From 
Lake county. This form has entered our flora from the north, its recorded 
range being from Maine to Minnesota and northward. 
Much work has also been done during the past year in the extension 
of the range of various species, largely through the labors of Dr. Hessler, 
Prof. Blatchley and Mr. W. W. Chipman. It is not, however, so much the 
purpose of this contribution to report upon the work done during the past 
year as to summarize the data now in the hands of the survey, in the 
hope that much needed information may be furnished before the final 
publication of the State Flora.* 
After excluding manifestly introduced forms, recorded as “escapes,’’ 
together with incorrect references due to a scarcity of material, 1,369 
species have been passed upon by the State survey and admitted to the 
State flora. These species are distributed through 534 genera and 124. 
families. The list is doubtless far from complete, but under the rules of 
the survey no plant can be admitted unless verified by an herbarium spec- 
imen or one that has been passed upon by some recognized authority. 
For the most part the admitted species are represented by herbarium 
*Tn previous contributions to the State Flora, the nomenclature followed was that of 
““Gray’s Manual,’’ 6th edition. This was done for the purpose of ready correlation of the 
facts.given in the contributions, with the records of observers. In this contribution it is 
thought best to use the nomenclature of the “ List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta,’” 
prepared by the Botanical Club of N. A. 
