752 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Flowers from June until September. 



Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Monroe and Yigo (Blatchley); 

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

 (Schneck); Kosciusko (Coulter); Clark (Baird and Taylor); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Dearborn (Collins); Noble (Van Gorder); 

 Jay, Delaware. Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Tippecanoe, 

 Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



C. Simsii Sweet. Sim's Clematis 



(C. Pitcheri Torr. and Gray.) 

 Confined to the southern counties where it is sparingly found 

 in rich bottom lands, or along railroads. Evidently having en- 

 tered our flora from the south, the Indiana stations marking the 

 northern limit of the species. 

 Flowers in May and June. 



Daviess (Clements); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Yigo 

 (Blatchley). 



C. Viorna L. Leather Flower. 



A vine climbing over bushes and underbrush, usually growing 

 in rich moist soils. Abundant in the southern counties, becom- 

 ing less frequent northward, with no stations reported north of 

 Tippecanoe County.* Easily recognized by the remarkably thick 

 sepals of the purple calyx. 



Flowers from May until late in June. 



Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Fayette (Hessler); Putnam (MacDougal); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wa}me (Phinney); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Frank- 

 lin (Meyncke); Dearborn (Collins); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); 

 Hamilton (Wilson). 



MYOSURUS L. 



M. minimus L. Mouse Tail. 



Reported as occurring occasionally in rich, bottom lands in the 

 southwestern counties of the State. 

 Flowers in our area in May and June. 

 Gibson and Posey (Schneck). 



*C. Viorna has been taken by me near Delphi, Carroll County, and by Hessler in Cass 

 County— W.S.B. 



