750 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



A. Virginiana L. Tall Anemone. 



Of wide distribution in the State, found usually in low, rich 

 soil. It occurs either in the woods or in open places with its best 

 development in the former. Frequent in most of its stations. 



Flowering from June until September. 



Jefferson (Barnes); St. Joseph (Rothert); Vigo and Monroe 

 (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess (Clements); Clark); Baird and Tay- 

 lor); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Franklin (Meyncke); Steuben (Bradner). 



A. 'Canadensis L. Canada Anemone. 



(A. Penmylvanica L.) 



The most widely distributed and abundant member of the 

 genus in the State. It occurs in various situations, but most fre- 

 quently in low, shaded places in rich soils. It is, however, found 

 in dry, gravelly or sandy soils, but never in great abundance in 

 such a situation. 



Flowers from May until the middle of September. 



Tippecanoe (Hussey); Elkhart (Barnes); St. Joseph (Rothert); 

 Fayette (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Daviess (Clements); Cass (Hessler); Noble (Van Gorder); Frank- 

 lin (Meyncke); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); 

 Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Decatur (Ballard). 



A. quinquefolia L. Wind flower. Wild Anemone. 



(A. nemorosa Michx.) 



Not at all common in the State. The forms usually so referred 

 are either Isopyrum biternatum or Syndesmon thalictroides. The 

 species is apparently confined to the southern part of the State, 

 where it grows in low, open woods in rich soils. 



Flowers from April through June. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Decatur and 

 Shelby (Ballard); Steuben (Bradner). 



HEPATICA Scop. 



H. Hepatica (L.) Karst. Hepatica. Round -leaved Liverwort. 



(H. triloba Chaix.) 

 One of the earliest blooming forms. It is found in several 

 counties of the State growing in protected places about the roots 

 of trees and in sheltered ravines. It is much less abundant than 



