694 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



GYEOSTACHYS Pers. 



G. plantaginea (Raf.) Britton. Wide-leaved Ladies' Tresses. 

 (Spiranthes latifolia Torr.) 

 In the central and northern counties on shaded banks and in 

 woods in damp, rich soil. 



Flowers from June until in August. 

 Tippecanoe (Hussey) ; Noble (Van Gorder). 



G. CERNUA (L.) Kuntze. 



(Spiranthes cernua Richard.) 

 Throughout the State, growing in marshes and low, wet meadow 

 lands. Frequently met but nowhere abundant. 

 Flowers in August and September. 



Cass (Hessler) ; Jefferson (Barnes) ; Vigo (Blatchley) ; Putnam 

 (MacDougal) ; Gibson and Posey (Schneck) ; Noble (Van Gorder). 



G. precox (Walt.) Kuntze. Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses. 

 (Spiranthes prcecox Walt.) 

 A sheet of rather scanty material seems referable to this species. 

 The normal range is so far to the east that the reference is doubt- 

 fully made. 



Collected in flower July 23. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



G. gracilis (Bigel.) Kuntze. Slender Ladies' Tresses. 

 (Spiranthes gracilis Bigel.) 

 Not uncommon in many counties in dry soil, in light woods or 

 open places. 



Flowering season, August and September. 



Tippecanoe (Hussey) ; Jefferson (Barnes) ; Franklin (Meyncke) ; 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; Lake. 



PERAMIUM Salisb. 



P. pubescens (Willd.) MacM. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain. 

 (Goody era pubescens R. Br.) 

 Found sparingly in many counties of the State, usual in high, dry 

 soil in shaded places. In greater abundance in the more northern 

 counties. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Cass (Hessler) ; Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley) ; Noble (Van 

 Gorder) ; Gibson (Schneck) ; Putnam (MacDougal) ; Lake (Hill). 



