FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 949 



L. LEPTOSTACHY8 A. DC. 



Of practically the same range as the last. It is perhaps more 

 limited in its soil range, being confined so far as my observations 

 go to sandy soils, while L. spicaia grows vigorously in a clayey 



loam. 



L. inflata L. Indian Tobacco. 



Found throughout the State in dry, sunny regions. The plant 

 is used somewhat largely in quack remedies, but the plant is 

 poisonous and such decoctions should be rigidly avoided. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Fayette (Hessler); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); 

 Steuben (Bradner); Vigo and Monroe (Blatchley). 



It flowers from July to September, its more apparent mass 

 distribution being in the southeastern counties. 



L. Kalmii L. 



A form confined to wet soils in the northern counties of the 

 State. It is distinguished from L. Nuttallii by having the bracts 

 above the middle of the pedicel, while in the latter form they are 

 at the base. In the early flowering season the pedicels are quite 

 short, and bracted near the base; later in the season the pedicels 

 are much longer and the bracts above the middle. L. Nuttallii 

 is probably not a member of the State flora, and several refer- 

 ences to that form are included under this citation. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Cass (Hess- 

 ler); Noble (Van G order); Lagrange (Barnes); Steuben (Brad- 

 ner). 



CICHORIACE.E. Chicory Family. 



CICHORIUM L. 



C. Intybus L. Chicory. 



Found in waste places and by roadsides throughout the State. 

 The plant was largely cultivated during the Civil War, its root 

 being used as a substitute for coffee. Whether its distribution, 

 which is becoming more general, represents escaped forms can not 

 now be determined. It collects in patches and is very persistent. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Noble (Van Gorder); Jefferson (Coulter); Wabash (Jenkins); 

 Kosciusko (Coulter); Steuben (Bradner); Marion. 



