940 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



G. concinnum Torr. and Gray. ShiniDg Bedstraw. 



Frequent in dry, rocky or open woods in many parts of the 

 State. Abundant wherever found. 



Flowering in June and July. 



Tippecanoe (Hussey); Fayette (Hessler); Monroe and Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Daviess (Clements); Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Putnam (MacDou- 

 gal); Vermillion (Wright); Decatur (Ballard); Jefferson (Barnes). 



G. asprellum Michx. 



Confined to northern counties, where it is found in moist, 

 sand soils. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Kosciusko (Coulter); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Fayette (Hessler); Marion; Hamil- 

 ton (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner). 



CAPRIFOLIACEJE. Honeysuckle Family. 



SAMBUCUS L. 

 S. Canadensis L. 



Abundant throughout the State in various situations. While 

 common along roadsides and in open, waste places, it reaches its 

 best development in moist, rich, alluvial soils. Flowers very fra- 

 grant and berries much used in wine making. 



Flowers from May through August, often flowering twice in a 

 season. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Jefferson (J. 

 M. Coulter); Putnam (MacDougal); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, 

 and Wayne (Phinney); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin 

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

 Vermillion (Wright); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Decatur and 

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

 (Bradner); Fayette (Hessler). 



S. pubens Michx. Red-berried Elder. 



(#. racemosa Hook.) 



Chiefly northern in its range in our boundaries. It is found 

 associated with S. Canadensis and also in coarse, rocky soils. 

 The pith forms a satisfactory means of recognition, being brown 

 in this species and white in the preceding. 



Mowers in May and June. 



Putnam (MacDougal); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Noble (Van Gorder); Laporte and Porter (Hill); 

 Kosciusko (Coulter); Steuben (Bradner). 



