FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 9G3 



L. 8CARI08A (L.) Hill. Large Button Snake-root. 

 (Liatris scariosa Willd.) 



Not common in any region but occurring in many counties. 

 It is more commonly found in open places in dry, rocky soil. 

 Is more abundant in north-central and western part of State than 

 elsewhere. 



Flowers August to October. 



Cass (Hessler); St. Joseph (Barnes); Noble (Van G order); Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Harrison (Barnes); 

 Steuben (Bradner); Lake (Hill). 



L. spicata (L ) Kuntze. 



(Liatris spicata Willd.) 

 In moist prairies or open bottom lands in several counties. 

 It is rarely found in great numbers in any of its stations. 

 Mowers from August to October. 



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

 ler); Vigo (Blatchley); St. Joseph (Barnes); Floyd (Clapp); Noble 

 (Van G order); Lake; Steuben (Bradner). 



GRINDELIA Willd. 



G. bquarrosa (Pursh) Dunal. Broad-leaved Gum-plant. 



Reported from Cass County by Dr. Robert Hessler and verified 

 by herbarium specimens. It is a southern and western form and 

 is probably a migrant in Indiana. 



Flowering in July and perhaps Augnst. 



CHRYSOPSIS Nutt. 



C. villosa (Pursh) Nutt. Hairy Golden Aster. 



Banks of streams and rather moist prairies in southern coun- 

 ties. Quite abundant in stations in which it. is found. The plant 

 is really a dry soil form, but most of its Indiana stations are in 

 moist soils.* 



Vigo (Blatchley); Daviess (Clements). 



SOLIDAGO L. 



8. squarrosa Muhl. Ragged Golden Rod. 



In dry, rocky soil in the "barrens" of the Knob region near 

 New Albany, Floyd County. Collected by I>r. A. Clapp in 1831 

 and not since reported from the State. Specimens of Clapp's 

 collection are in the Purdue herbarium. 



*The Vigo County plants grow on dry, sandy banks.— W. S. B. 



