424 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



737. CYNTHIA; VIRGINIA GOATSBEARD 



CYNTHIA YIRGINICA (L.) I). Don 



Scattered about the edges of woodlands ; collected at Long Point 

 June 7, 1901. First noted in flower May 20. A well known plant 

 throughout the state, growing scattered through shady woodlands. 

 It has a long flowering period, from May to October, and was ob- 

 served in flower on the east side of the lake September 26, 1907. 



738. DANDELION 



LEONTODON TARAXACUM L. 



Common, but not so abundant about the lake as to become a 

 nuisance. In many parts of the state, especially about large cities, 

 it has become a bad weed; with the city as a center it invades 

 the country districts, and may obtain such a foothold in pastures or 

 meadows as to crowd out almost everything else. It blossoms al- 

 most the whole year round in favorable situations, and both at 

 Ft. Wayne and Chicago it has been found blossoming under the 

 snow. In Jackson Park, Chicago, plants were noticed flowering 

 and fruiting almost the whole winter through, but the fruit formed 

 under snow was not usually perfected so that it would grow, though 

 a small proportion was. The buds under the snow would not fully 

 expand, but remain closed, as they do in summer on cloudy days. 

 At the ice-house, in the depot grounds, and on the east side of the 

 lake were the places of its greatest abundance in the region about 

 Maxinkuckee. The latest date on which it was noted in blossom 

 was December 9. 



739. SPINY SOW-THISTLE 



SONCHUS ASPER (L.) Hill 



Quite common, scattered in waste places. In flower June 21, 

 1901, along the railroad near the ice-house, and some seeds nearly 

 ripe. One plant east of the depot near the shore, and some at the 

 Military Academy grounds. In flower as late as November 7, 1904, 

 between Kreutzberger's pier and the depot. 



740. PRICKLY LETTUCE 



LACTUCA VIROSA L. 



Somewhat common in waste places and along shore, as at Long 

 Point, north of the Barnes cottage, on the hills near the depot 

 grounds, etc. 



This plant seems to have entered the state about 1891 or 1892, 

 when it was first noticed in cities and in waste places. From the 



