FLOWEBIXG PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 



AMORPHA L. 



A. fruticosa L. False or Bastard Indigo. 



In wet soils, but more frequently along the banks of streams, 

 whence the name "river locust" sometimes given the plant. Its 

 reported stations are all in the southern half of the State. Ac- 

 cording to Dr. Schneck, the leaves when bruised exhale a strong, 

 unpleasant odor. 



Flowers in May and June. 



Vigo and Parke (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Selmeck); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Knox (Spillman). 



A. nana Nutt. Fragrant False Indigo. 



(A microphylla Pursh.) 

 A single station of what I take to be this species is found on 

 the second terrace of Eagle Lake, Kosciusko County. The terrace 

 is drift sand and is so steep as to scarcely furnish a foothold for 

 grass. I have studied the plant closely for five seasons, and am 

 convinced that it is A. nana. Not having compared the material 

 with specimens from the normal range of the plant, it is admitted 

 tentatively. The recorded range of the species is altogether west 

 of the Mississippi Eiver. 



A. canescens Pursh. Lead Plant. Shoestrings. Wild Tea. 



Xot especially abundant, but occurring in sandy or gravelly 

 soils in several widely separated counties. It is usually found in 

 dry situations, but at times works its way into low, wet lands 

 immediately adjoining the ridges or banks which it frequents. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); "White (Hussey); Kosciusko and 

 Marshall (Coulter); Cass (Hessler); Jasper (Barnes); Steuben 

 (Bradner); Lake and Vigo (Blatchley). 



KUHNISTERA Lam. 



K. Candida (Willd.) Kuntze. Wild Prairie Clover. 

 (Petalostemon candidm Michx.) 

 In dry, sandy soil in the central and southern parts of the 

 State. Xowhere abundant. 

 Flowering in June and July. 



Cass (Hessler); Jasper (Barnes): White (Hussey); Tippecanoe 

 (Coulter); Vigo (Blatchley). 



