950 REPORT OP STATE GEOLOGIST. 



ADOPOGON Neck. 



A. Virginicum (L.) KuDtze. Virginia Goatsbeard. 

 (Krigia amplexicaulis Nutt.) 



( ommon throughout the State in moist woods and opens, 

 thriving best in fairly rich, loam soil. 



Flowers from May through July. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson 

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

 Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Knox (Spillman); St. Joseph 

 (Rothert); Fayette (Hessler); Steuben (Bradner). 



A. Dandelion (L.) Kuntze. Dwarf Dandelion. 

 (Krigia Dandelion Nutt.) 

 Confined to the southern counties of the State, growing in 

 moist, rather thin soils. 



Flowering season, from April until late in June. 

 Jefferson and Floyd (Barnes); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Gib- 

 son and Posey (Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson). 



A. Carolinianum (Walt.) Britton. 



(Krigia Virginica Willd.) 

 In dry, sandy soil, confined to the extreme northern counties 

 of the State. An abundant beach plant near Michigan City. 

 Flowers from late in April through August. 

 Laporte (Barnes); Lake. 



TRAGOPOGON L. 



T. pratensis L. Yellow Goatsbeard. 



Reported from a single county as occurring along railroads. 

 Evidently a migrant from the east. Detected by Dr. Robert 

 Hessler and \erifled by herbarium specimens. 



Marion (Hessler). 



TARAXACUM Hall. 



T. Taraxacum (L.) Karst. Dandelion. 



(T. officinale Weber.) 

 Well known throughout the State, though only becoming an- 

 noying when it invades lawns. Its roots are still somewhat used 

 as an adulterant of coffee, and its young leaves as greens. 



It blooms practically throughout the entire year in favorable 

 situations. Mr. E. A. Schultze reported specimens in flower and 



