FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 889 



C. paradoxa Raf. Glomerate Dodder. 



(C. glomerata Choisy.) 



A very characteristic species parasitic upon the larger com- 

 posite. l 7 ourid also upon other strong herbs. The flower clus- 

 ters run together, forming dense masses, so that at times, the host 

 plants seems to be encircled with a small rope. These confluent 

 flower masses are frequently over an inch wide and deep. With 

 us the species seems to prefer the Great Ragweed, though also 

 largely found upon various species of sunflower. 



Flowers from July through September. 



Dearborn (Collins); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Noble (Van Gorder); 

 Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jefferson (Barnes); Kosciusko (Coul- 

 ter); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Harrison. 



POLEMONIACE.E. Phlox Family. 



PHLOX L. 



P. paniculata L. Garden Phlox. 



Found in many parts of the State in shaded places, usually in 

 rich moist toils. A favorite location is near streams or in their 

 bordering thickets. 



Flowers in June, continuing through August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Jay (Phin- 

 ney); Dearborn (Collins); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Fayette (Hessler); De- 

 catur and Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



P. maculata L. Wild Sweet-William. 



In many counties growing in soils either on the borders of open 

 places or in deep woods. It is for the most part indicative of rich 

 soil. White forms also occur in some localities. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Clark (Baird and 

 Taylor); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); St. Joseph (Rothert); De- 

 catur and Shelby (Ballard); Tippecanoe (Coulter); Hamilton 

 (Wilson); Fayette (Hessler). 



