968 REI>0RT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



S. Shortii T. and G. 



Confined to southern counties, where it grows on exposed 

 cliffs or in rocky soils. Quite abundant at the Falls of the Ohio. 

 Floyd (Dr. Clapp); Clark (Baird and Taylor). 



8. Canadensis L. Canada Golden Rod. 



A very abundant and variable form of wide distribution in the 

 State. It usually indicates dry soil and is very abundant along 

 roadways and in abandoned fields. 



Flowers August to November. 



Vigo and Monroe (Blatchley); Fayette (Hessler); Daviess 

 (Clements); Jefferson (Barnes); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Dela- 

 ware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Clark (Baird and Tay- 

 lor); Franklin (Meyncke); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Gibson 

 and Posey (Schneck); Kosciusko (Coulter); Putnam (MacDou- 

 gal); Steuben (Bradner); Cass (Hessler). 



S. Canadensis scabriuscula Porter. 



Found with the preceding in Vigo County, but not frequent. 

 The station as reported by Mr. W. S. Blatchley is along the 

 Vandalia railroad at Heckland. 



S. nemoralis Ait. Field Golden Rod. 



Well distributed throughout the State in dry soil, usually in 

 the open. In Gibson and Posey counties it is found in moist 

 localities associated with 8. rigida. 



Flowers in August and September. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney) ; Clark (Baird aud Taylor) ; Jef- 

 ferson (J. M. Coulter); Franklin (Meyncke); Carroll; Gibson and 

 Posey (Schneck); Cass (Hessler); Johnson (Barnes); "Evergreen" 

 dunes, Lake and Porter (Cowles); Steuben (Bradner). 



S. Radula Nutt. Western Rough Golden Rod. 



This western species was collected at Lake Maxinkuckee, Mar- 

 shall County, by Dr. Robert Hessler. So far as I am able to dis- 

 cover it is the only record for the State. 



