FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 895 



L. Virginiana (L.) Greene. 



(Echinospermum Virginicum Lehm.) 



Common in all parts of the State in dry soil in shaded places. 

 Found in open woods, thickets or along fence rows. 



Flowers from June until late in September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Putnam (MacDougal); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Daviess (Clements); 

 Fayette (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben (Bradner). 



MERTENSIA Roth. 



M. Virginica (L.) DC. Smooth or True Lungwort. Blue-bells. 



In low, wet grounds and along streams, usually in rather 

 shaded places. Common in most parts of the State, but especially 

 abundant in the southern counties. Somewhat cultivated for 

 ornament, but objectionable because of its rapid spread. 



Flowers in March and April. 



Cass and Fayette (Hessler); Jefferson (Barnes); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Wayne (Phinney); Dearborn 

 (Collins); Franklin (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Tip- 

 pecanoe (Cunningham); Knox (Spillman); Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Hamilton (Wilson). 



MYOSOTIS L. 



M. palustris (L.) Lam. Forget-me-not. 



Added to the State flora by Mr. Blatchley. Growing in damp, 

 low places and not at all abundant. 

 Flowers in May. 

 Vigo (Blatchley). 



M. laxa Lehm. Smaller Forget-me not. 



In wet, muddy places. Eeported from Porter County by Rev. 

 E. J. Hill. 



Flowers from May until July. 



M. Virginica (L.) B. S. P. Spring Scorpion Grass. 



(if. verna Nutt.) 

 Confined to a few southern counties, where it is found on dry, 

 rocky hillsides. 



Flowers in April and May. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Harrison. 



