918 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



D. Tatula L. Purple-stemmed Jimson. 



More common than the preceding with which it is generally 

 associated and from which it is not popularly separated. Soil 

 and flowering habits as the preceding species. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phin- 

 ney); Noble (Yan Gorder); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Vermillion 

 (Wright); Fayette (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); Hamilton and 

 Marion (Wilson). 



SCROPHULARIACE.E. Figwort Family. 



VERBASCUM L. 



V. Thapsus L. Common Mullein. Velvet Plant. 



Widely spread through the State and usually abundant, but 

 never becoming a troublesome weed. It is found in dry, rather 

 loose soils, growing in exposed places. It occasionally takes al- 

 most entire possession of abandoned fields. An infusion of the 

 roots is often used as a household remedy for malaria. 

 ' Flowers from June until the frosts. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Putnam (MacDougal); Noble (Van 

 Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Dearborn (Collins); 

 Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Decatur 

 and Shelby (Ballard); Fayette (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); Hamil- 

 ton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



V. Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. 



Widely distributed throughout the State, but much less com- 

 mon than the preceding. It is found in similar locations. The 

 plant is said to repel the cockroach. It is much frequented by 

 moths from which fact comes the popular name. 



Flowers from June through September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo (Blatchley); Daviess (Cle- 

 ments); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); 

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

 Coulter); Dearborn (Collins); Jennings (Barnes); Decatur and 

 Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben 

 (Bradner); Fayette (Hessler). 



