812 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



L. palusteis L. Marsh Vetchling. 



Common in counties from which it is reported, except those 

 in the southwestern part of the State. Found along streams and 

 ditches or in wet soils. 



Begins flowering in May and continues through the summer. 



Tippecanoe (Hussey); Yigo (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Johnson (Hubbard); Dearborn (Collins); Carroll; 

 Hamilton (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



L. myrtifolius Muhl. Myrtle-leaved Marsh Pea. 

 (X. palustris myrtifolius Gray.) 

 Moist soils in a few widely separate counties of the State. 

 Commences to flower in May and continues through the sum- 

 mer. 



Noble (Van Gorder); Vigo (Blatchley); Knox (Spillman); 

 Lake. 



L. ochroleucus Hook. Cream-colored Vetching. 



Eeported only from Noble County by Mr. W. B. Van Gorder. 

 The herbarium material collected in June showed plants in 

 full bloom and pods beginning to form. 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



FALCATA Gmel. 



F. comosa (L.) Kuntze. Wild or Hog Pea-nut. 

 (Amphicarpcea monoica Ell.) 



Common and widely distributed in the State. Occurs in moist, 

 rich soils in shaded places. 



Flowers from July until September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Fayette 

 (Hessler); Kosciusko (Coulter); Steuben (Bradner). 



F. Pitcheri (T. and G.) Kuntze. 



(Amphicarpcea Pitcheri Torr. and Gray.) 

 Very similar to the preceding, with which it perhaps inter- 

 grades. First reported by Mr. W. S. Blatchley from Vigo County, 

 the station being "Coal Creek, in damp, rich soil in hillside 

 thickets; scarce." Later reported as very common in Hamilton 

 County by Mr. Guy W. Wilson. 



