60 THE BIOLOGY OF HARDING COUNTY 



376 Plant ago Purshii, Roem & Schult. 

 Abundant everywhere on the dry plains. 



377 Plantago- Rugelli Dene. 



Locally plentiful on margain of Little Missouri River and 

 along streams in the buttes. 



80. RUBIACEAE (Madder Family) 



378 Galium boreale L. Bedstraw, Cleavers. 



Common on hillsides of buttes, in coulees and other partially 

 sheltered places. 



379 Galium triflorum L. Fragrant Bedstraw. 

 Abundant in shaded ravines of the forest reserves. 



81. CAPRIFOUACEAE (Honeysuckle Family) 



380 Linnaca amcricaua Forbs. Twin Flower. 



Abundant in the more moist ravines at considerable elevation* 

 in the buttes. 



381 Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Bnckbush, Wolfberry. 

 Very abundant forming low thicket-patches along much of 

 the bottomland, and in open groves. Also occasional in shaded 

 gulches. 



382 Symphoricarpos raccinosus Michx. 

 Rare in Slim Butte Ravines. 



383 Viburnum Lcntago L. Black Haw. 



Locally abundant forming large thickets in several of the 

 valleys of the West Short Pines. ''Somewhat different from 

 eastern specimens.'' Nelson. 



82. CUCURBIT ACE AE (Gourd Family) 



384 Bchnwcystis lobata (Michx) T. & G. Wild Cucumber, Wild 



Balsam Apple. 

 A few patches in thickets in the West Short Pines. 



83. CAMPAXULACEAE (Bluebell Family) 



385 Campanula rot und i folia L. Harebell, Bluebell. 



Common at high elevation, along cracks in rocks and also in 

 grass. 



84. COMPOSITAE, tribe Eupatorieae 



386 Liatris pnnctata Hook. (Lacinaria). Blazing-star. 

 Abundant everywhere on the plains. 



