286 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
St. Joseph Co. along the high sandy banks N. of Notre Dame 
Found also in similar habitat across the boundary in Berrien Co., 
Michigan. The patches are several meters in diameter and the 
branches closely prostrate, the smaller rising a few decimeters. 
Not abundant. Given in State Report also from Lake Co. and 
Porter Co. also Laporte [Deam]. 
Juniperus virginiana Linn.,Sp. Pl. 1039. (1753). 
Very abundant mixed with oak and hickory in woods. in 
sandy soil north of Notre Dame, Ind. especially in close prox- 
imity to the river or lake. Does not grow to any size in our region. 
St. Joseph and Berrien Counties. also Cass Co. Mich.; Laporte Co. 
Nos. 485 and 3342. St. Joseph, Mich. Millers and Whiting. [Higley 
and Raddin]. The tree commonly found in the East, Virginia, 
Maryland, etc., is a cultivated variety of J. virginiana brought 
over from Europe. It is found also in our region occasionally. 
Family 10. TAXIDEAE. S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. 2: 226. (1820) 
Taxaceae Lindley Nat. Syst. Ed. 2. 316, (1836). 
TAXUS Vergil. Ecl TX. 30. Georg Il.; 113 & Il. 257,-Geore 
ITI. 448, & IV., 47. Also Dioscorides and Pliny. 
Milos Theophrastus III. 4. Taxus Tour. Els. Bot. p. 462, 
(1694); Inst. Rei Herb. p. 589, (1700). Taxus Linn. Syst. Nat. 
(1735), also-Gen. Pl. p..312; (1737),/ do. p: 462, (1754). Hort Clie 
464, (1737); Sp. Pl. p. 1040, (1753). 
Taxus minor (Michx) Britton Mem. Torr. Club. 5: 19. (1893). 
Taxus baccata var. m nor Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 245, (1803). 
Taxus canadensis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 856, (1806). 
Found south of Stephensville (Berrien Co.) Mich., no. 
2716. The plant was. found also ‘at’ St. Joseph, aiiiehr 
Always in rather shady woods very close to the Lake. Although 
I have travelled extensively over the dune region from Millers, 
Ind. to New Buffalo, Mich., I have never found the plant anywhere 
within the limits of the sand hills of Indiana, nor have I found 
quite the same kind of habitat as the plant favors higher north, 
that is rather moist sandy woods on high bluffs very near the 
lake, 
(To be continued.) 
