FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 757 



B. divaricatum (SchraDk.) Wimmer. Stiff Water Crowfoot. 

 (Ranunculus circinatas Sibth ) 

 Reported as common in Hamilton County, by Mr. G. W. 

 Wilson. 



Flowers from June through August. 



THALICTJBUM L. 



T. dioicum L. Early Meadow Rue. 



Common in almost every part of the State. It usually indi- 

 cates a loose, rich soil. It is found in open woods, in waste places, 

 and on rocky hillsides in about equal abundance. 



Flowers in April and May. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jefferson (Barnes); Monroe and 

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

 (Schneck); Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess (Clements); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); Hamilton (Wilson); 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



T. purpurascens L. Purplish Meadow Rue. 



Rich soils in thickets and open woods; abundant in almost all 

 parts of the State. 



Flowers from early in May until August. 



Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Floyd (Clapp); Vigo and Monroe 

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

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

 lor); Franklin (Meyncke); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney). 



T. polygamum Muhl Tall Meadow Rue. 



(T. Cornuti T. and G.) 



Borders of ditches and swamps, and in very wet, sunny low- 

 lands. Nowhere especially abundant, but found in all parts of the 

 State. 



Flowers from May through August. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Fayette and Cass (Hessler); Put- 

 nam (MacDougal); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jay,. Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Franklin (Meyncke); Noble 

 (Van Gorder); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Hamilton and Marion 

 (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



