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FAMILY 140. LOBELIACE^E. LOBELIA FAMILY 

 732. CARDINAL-FLOWER 



LOBELIA CARDINALIS L. 



Although the conditions seem in every way favorable, this plant 

 does not appear to be particularly abundant. Some plants, how- 

 ever, were seen on the east side of the lake. In the neighborhood 

 of some of the small Indiana lakes, and along the Kankakee, this 

 species forms large, showy patches in autumn. 



733. GREAT LOBELIA; BLUE CARDINAL-FLOWER 



LOBELIA SYPHILITICA L. 



Abundantly growing in low places, such as Green's marsh, along 

 the railroad by Winfield's, south of Farrar's, in the Academy 

 grounds, on the southwest shore of the lake, Overmyer's woods, 

 and on the beach beyond Norris Inlet. It begins blooming a 

 little after the middle of August and continues until after 

 pretty heavy frosts. The latest we have it noted is October 

 7. Some of the books credit it with a long flowering period, from 

 July to October, but with us it is essentially an autumn flower, and 

 when occuring in considerable abundance, it makes quite showy 

 patches of bloom. It is usually dark blue, but varies through faint 

 pink to white. 



734. SPIKED LOBELIA 



LOBELIA LEPTOSTACHYS A. DC. 



Occasional in dry sandy places. A slender, graceful form with 

 rather small blue flowers. One of the earliest of our lobelias to 

 blossom, and with those accustomed to think of lobelias as flowers 

 of the fall, one of the first forerunners of the autumn. 



735. KALM'S LOBELIA 



LOBELIA KALMII L. 



Somewhat common ; scattered in flat wet meadows such as that 

 surrounding Lost Lake. A tall, slender species bearing rather 

 small flowers, much like leptostachys in general habit. 



FAMILY 141. CICHORIACE^E. CHICORY FAMILY 



736. CAROLINA DWARF DANDELION 



KRIGIA VIRGINICA (L.) Willd. 



Found somewhat abundantly on the sandy hill west of the ice- 

 house. Found in bloom May 24, 1901. A good many plants past 

 flowering at that date, some still in flower. 



