FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 777 



H. hispida Pursh. R)Ugh Heuchera. 



Found in dense, damp woods in a few counties. It is found 

 in sparing numbers, but is probably of wider distribution than 

 the citations would indicate. 



Flowering in May and June. 



Marshall and Yigo (Blatchley); Lake (Hill). 



MITELLA L. 



M. diphylla L. Mitre-wort. Bishop's Cap. 



In many counties of the State in fair abundance; growing in 

 rich, moist soils in woods and shaded ravines. An easily recog- 

 nized and pretty species. 



Flowering in April and May. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley;; Fayette (Hessler); Jay, Dela- 

 ware, Bandolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Jefferson (Barnes); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Noble (Van Gor- 

 der); Clark (Baird and Taylor); St, Joseph (Eothert); Knox 

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



PARNASSIA L. 



P. Oaroliniana Michx. Grass of Parnassus. 



Confined to the northern counties of the State, where it is of 

 fair abundance in marshes and in low, wet bottom lands. 



Flowers from late in June through September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Marion and 

 Marshall (Blatchley); Cass (Hessler); Noble (Van Gorder); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner); Lake (Hill). 



HYDRANGEA L. 



H. arborescen8 L. Wild Hydrangea. 



In many parts of the State on rocky banks of streams or on 

 damp hillsides where the soil is coarse. Found frequently in the 

 southern counties, less plentiful farther north, not being reported 

 as occurring north of Tippecanoe County. 



Flowers in June and July. In favorable seasons a second 

 blooming occurs in September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); Dearborn (Collins); Gibson and 

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

 Jay. Delaware, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Fayette (Hess- 

 ler); Vigo (Blatchley): Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



