678 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



STENANTHIUM Kunth. 



S. gramineum (Ker.) Morcmg. Grass-leaved Stenanthium. 

 (S. angustifolium Gray.) 

 Found in dry soil in the southern counties, usually occurring on 

 hills fronting the Ohio River. A southern form of limited distribu- 

 tion in the State. 



Flowers in August and September. 



MELANTHIUM L. 



M. Virgln icum L. Bunch-flower. 



In many parts of the State growing in marshes and wet woods. 

 Nowhere abundant, but more frequent in the southern counties than 

 in the northern. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Cass (Hessler) ; Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney) ; 

 Franklin (Meyncke) ; Floyd and Harrison (Clapp). 



VERATRUM L. 



V. viride Ait. Indian Poke. American White Hellebore. 



Sparingly found in many localities, growing in swamps and wet 

 woods and thickets. 



Flowers in May and June. 



V. Woodii Robbins. 



In central and southern counties growing in dry soils, usually on 

 shaded slopes. Not plentiful in any of the stations in which it 

 occurs. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Greene (Wood) ; Montgomery, Decatur (Shannon) ; Vigo, Monroe 

 and Tippecanoe (Blatchley) ; Hamilton (Wilson). 



UVULARIA L. 



U. perfoliata L. Perfoliate Bellwort. 



In rich, moist soils of woods and thickets throughout the State- 

 Usually plentiful in the stations in which it occurs. 



Flowers in May and June. 



Jefferson (J. M. Coulter) ; Franklin (Meyncke) ; Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and 

 Wayne (Phinney) ; Fayette (Hessler) ; Putnam (MacDougal). 



