FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 685 



MEDEOLA L. 



M. Virginiana L. Indian Cucumber-root. 



Found in many counties of the State in rich, moist soils of woods 

 and thickets. Not abundant in any of its stations. 

 Flowers in May and June. 



Jefferson (Barnes) ; Monroe (Blatchley) ; Putnam (MacDougal) ; 

 Noble (Van Gorder | ; Fayette (Hessler) ; Steuben (Bradner) ; 

 Lake. 



TRILLIUM L. 



T. sessile L. Sessile-flowered Wake-robin. 



Common in rich moist soils of woods and thickets in all parts of 

 the State. Flowers have a very pleasant odor. 



Flowering season April and May. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson (Barnes); 

 Putnam (MacDougal) ; Franklin (Meyncke) ; Clark (Baird and 

 Taylor) ; Gibson and Posey (Schneck) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; 

 Dearborn (Collins) ; Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phin- 

 ney) ; Knox (Spillman) ; Fayette (Hessler) ; Decatur (Ballard) ; 

 Vigo (Blatchley) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



T. recurvatum Beck. Prairie Wake-robin. 



Growing in woods and thickets in moist, rich soils. Very abun- 

 dant in all of its stations. 



Flowering season from April until June. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham) ; Daviess (Clements) ; Jefferson and 

 Cass (Barnes) ; Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley) ; Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal) ; Franklin (Meyncke) ; Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Noble 

 (Van Gorder) ; Gibson and Posey (Schneck) ; Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney) ; Knox (Spillman) ; Decatur (Bal- 

 lard) ; Fayette (Hessler) ; Hamilton and Marion (Wilson) ; 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



T. nivale Riddell. Early Wake-robin. 



Found sparingly in various counties of the State, chiefly southern, 

 growing in rich, damp woods and thickets. 



Flowers from March through May. 



Monroe (Blatchley) ; Putnam (MacDougal) ; Clark (Baird and 

 Taylor) ; Decatur (Ballard) ; Tippecanoe. 



T. grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. Large-flowered Wake-robin. 



Occasionally found in rich woods, chiefly in the northern coun- 

 ties. Many forms so referred in herbaria are really 1. erectum L. 

 Flowers in May and June. 



Gibson and Posey (Schneck) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; Steuben 

 (Bradner). 



