392 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 

 607. YELLOW GENTIAN 



DASYSTEPHANA FLAVIDA (A. Gray) Britton 



Probably not common in the immediate vicinity of the lake, as 

 we have no notes concerning it. There is, however, one herbarium 

 specimen in the collection obtained by Dr. Scovell in 1900. It has 

 been reported from neighboring counties. 



FAMILY 118. MENYANTHACE^E. BUCKBEAN FAMILY 

 608. BUCKBEAN; MARSH OR BEAN TREFOIL 



MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA L. 



Scattered on Hawk's marsh among the sphagnum, where it was 

 noted in blossom May 20, 1901. It was also abundant east of 

 Norris Inlet, where it was seen ripe June 22. 



FAMILY 119. APOCYNA'CE^E. DOGBANE FAMILY 

 609. BLUE MYRTLE; PERIWINKLE 



VINCA MINOR L. 



A patch found near Culver cemetery, from which it had es- 

 caped. It was once a general favorite for planting on sloping 

 banks and on graves, which it soon covers densely to the exclusion 

 of everything else. The glossy dark green leaves are rather at- 

 tractive, and the plant, though it spreads in large dense patches 

 and might easily become a nuisance on lawns, is not so much so 

 as the ground ivy or the moneywort which one finds in similar situa- 

 tions. The plant has become too common to be especially desir- 

 able, and is rarely or never planted now. 



610. SPREADING DOGBANE; HONEY-BLOOM 



APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM L. 



Not especially common nor widely distributed in the neighbor- 

 hood of the lake. The blossoms, which somewhat resemble those 

 of the lily-of-the-valley in shape, and ornamented with pink stripes, 

 are quite pretty. One of our two common species of dogbane. Is 

 occasionally a great nuisance in cultivated fields, each section of 

 root cut off sending up a tall shoot, like an asparagus shoot, the 

 next day. Persistent cultivation, however, finally eradicates it. In 

 flower south of the lake June 27, 1901. 



One of the most brilliantly colored of our insects, a little beetle 

 with bright metallic green coloration, feeds on this plant. 



