FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 869 



GAULTHERIA L. 



G. procumbens L. Spring or Creeping Wintergreen. 



Confined to the northern counties of the State, growing in wet, 

 pine woods. Extends south as far as Cass County, where it is 

 frequent in wet, shaded places, especially near tamarack swamps. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Cass (Hessler); Xoble (Van Gorder); Lake and Porter; Steuben 

 (Bradner). 



Has been taken by me on the "Devil's Back-Bone" at Pine 

 Hills, Montgomery County. (W. S. B.) 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Adans. 



A. U.va-Ursi (L.) Spreng. Red Bearberry. Barren Myrtle. 



Found only in the dry, sandy soils in the dune regions of the 

 southern shores of Lake Michigan, where it occurs in abundance. 

 Flowers in May and early June. 

 Lake and Porter. 



VACCINIACE.E. Huckleberry Family. 



GAYLUSSACIA H. B. K. 



G. frondosa (L.) T. and G. Tangleberry. 



Occasional in southern counties on damp hillsides and in ra- 

 vines. 



Flowering specimens collected May 22. 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor). 



G. RE8INOSA (Ait.) T. and G. Black or High-bush Huckleberry. 



In various parts of the State, usually quite abundant in the 

 stations in which it is found. It grows in sandy thickets and 

 woods, occasionally being found in sandy open stretches. 



Flowers in May and June, fruit ripening in August. 



Cass (Hessler); Jefferson (Barnes); Monroe (Blatchley); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Xoble (Van Gorder); Lake and Porter; Steu- 

 ben (Bradner). 



VACCINIUM L. 



V. corymbosum L. Tall Blueberry. 



In northern part of State in wet, sandy alluvial soils. Xot 

 found in drift soils. It ranges somewhat generally in the swamp 

 regions. 



Flowers in May and June, fruit ripening late in August or in 

 September. 



Herbarium specimens from but one locality. 



Cass and Fulton (Hessler); Steuben (Bradner). 



