962 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



WILLUGHB^EA Neck. 



W. scandens (L.) Kuntze. Climbing Hernp-weed or Boneset. 

 (Mikania scandens Willd.) 

 Abundant in favorable localities throughout the State. It is 

 always found in moist places, making an equally abundant growth 

 either in sandy soil or in the mucky soils bordering lakes. It 

 frequently covers bushes along streams over a very considerable 

 area, in some cases actually smothering the supporting shrubs. 

 Flowers July to September. 

 Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Porter (Blatchley). 



KUHNIA L. 



K. eupatorioides L. False Boneset. 



Found in dry, usually sandy soil in several counties of the 

 State. The species prefers the open and is rarely found in shaded 

 places. More abundant in southern portion of State. 



Flowers in August and September. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Tippecanoe (Wright); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Marion and Hamilton (Wilson); Gibson. 



LACINARIA Hill. 



L. squarrosa (L.) Hill. Scaly Blazing Star. Colic-root. 

 (Liatris squarrosa Willd. ) 

 Reported definitely only from Gibson and Posey counties by 

 Dr. J. Schneck, who reports it as rare. Probably of much wider 

 distribution. It is found with us in dry soil, flowering in July. 



L. cyltndracea (Michx.) Kuntze. Cylindric Blazing Stir. 

 {Liatris cylindracea Michx.) 

 In dry soil, chiefly in open prairies. Not especially abundant 

 in any of its stations. 



Flowering in August and September. 



St. Joseph (Barnes); Lake (Hill); Gibson and Posey (Schneck). 



L. pycnostachya (Michx.) Kuntze. Prairie Snake-root. 

 (Liatris 'pycnostachya Michx.) 

 Found in prairies throughout northern part of State, usually 

 growing in moist places. Found also, though less abundantly, in 

 similar situations in southwestern counties. 

 Flowers from July to September. 



St. Joseph and Jasper (Barnes); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Vigo (Blatchley). 



