FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 751 



the following species with which it is associated and with which 

 it intergrades. 



Flowering from first warm days in February or March until in 

 June or July. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); St. Joseph 

 (Rothert); Decatur (Ballard); Lake (Hill). 



H. acuta (Pursh) Britton. Liverwort. Spring Hepatica. 



(H. acutiloba DC.) 



In similar situations as the preceding, but more widely dis- 

 tributed and much more plentiful. The prevailing form in the 

 State. 



Flowers from March through June. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Monroe and Yigo (Blatchley); Fayette 

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

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

 (Bradner). 



SYNDESMON Hoflfmg. 



S. thalictroides (L.) Hoffmg. Rue Anemone. 



(Anemonella thalictroides Spach.) 



AVidely distributed and abundant in most parts of the State. 

 A very variable form growing most plentifully in rich, open 

 woods, less common in sandy soils and rare in drift soils. Often 

 mistaken for the wind flower, Anemone quinquefolia. 



Flowering season from March through June. 



Jefferson and Madison (Barnes); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Fayette and Cass (Hessler); Lake (Hill); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Tippe- 

 canoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Kosciusko (Coulter); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Dearborn (Col- 

 lins); Xoble (Van Gorder); Franklin (Meyncke); St. Joseph 

 (Rothert); Decatur and Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion 

 (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



CLEMATIS L. 



C. Virginiana L. Virgin's Bower. Wild Clematis. 



Found in all parts of the State, usually in abundance. It grows 

 most luxuriantly in rich, loose soils in shaded places. It is fre- 

 quently very abundant near the borders of thickets along streams, 

 A handsome vine well worthy of more general cultivation. 



