740 REFORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



C. longipedunculatum Muhl. Nodding Chickweed. 



(C. nutans Raf.) 



One of the most common and widely distributed species of the 

 genus. Found in fields and pastures in moist, grassy or shaded 

 places. 



Flowering from April through June. 



Tippecanoe (Ives); Jefferson (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Jay, Delaware, Randolph and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and 

 Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Fayette (Hessler); Knox (Spill- 

 man); Decatur (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner). 



C. arvense L. Field Chickweed. 



Not at all frequent, but found in the eastern part of the State 

 in coarse, rocky soil. 



Flowering specimens collected May 17. 

 Franklin (Meyncke). 



C. arvense oblong ifolium (Torr.) Holl. and Britt. 



Somewhat common in various parts of the State, especially 

 abundant along the upper Wabash valley in limestone soils. 



Flowering from April through May. 



Cass (Hessler); Daviess (Clements); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Tippecanoe. 



SAGINA L. 



S. apetala Ard. Small-flowered Pearl wort. 



Found sparingly in a few counties in the southern and eastern 

 counties growing in dry soils in shaded places. 



Flowers in June. 



Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Randolph and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Monroe (Dudley). 



S. decumbens (Ell.) T. and G. Decumbent Pearl wort. 



Occasional in the southern part of the State in dry soil. 

 Flowering season, April and May. 

 Clark (Barnes); Jefferson. 



