768 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



CAEDAMINE L. 



C. pratensis L. Meadow Bitter Cress. Cuckoo Flower. 



This northern form is found in swamps in two of our northern 

 counties, where it blossoms late in April. 

 Lake (Hill); Noble (Van Gorder). 



C. hirsuta L. Hairy Bitter Cress. 



Found in moist soils, more abundant about springs and along 

 streams. Widely distributed through the State. 



It begins to flower in April, and occasionally flowers may be 

 found as late as July. 



Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson (Barnes); 

 Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and 

 Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); 

 Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Bandolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Tippecanoe (Hussey); Decatur (Ballard); Hamilton 

 (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



C. purpurea (Torr.) Britton. Purple Cress. 



(C. rhomboidea purpurea Torr.) 



In wet places on hillsides or in ravines, frequent also in damp 

 open woods. Occasionally found in dry soil. 



Among our earliest forms to flower, frequently blossoming 

 early in March, although usually in full bloom over most of our 

 area in April. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Monroe and 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Franklin (Meyncke); Noble (Van 

 Gorder); Jefferson (Barnes); Decatur (Ballard); Knox (Spill- 

 man); St. Joseph (Rothert); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



C. bulbosa (Schreb.) B. S. P. Spring Cress. Bulbous Cress. 

 (C rhomboidea DC.) 



In low, wet places or damp woods throughout the State. Usu- 

 ally quite abundant. 



Flowering season from March to June, the earlier date stand- 

 ing for the extreme southern counties. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess (Cle- 

 ments); Jefferson (Barnes); Johnson (Hubbard); Monroe and 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Jay, Delaware, Randolph and Wayne (Phin- 

 ney); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 



