FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 979 



Its flowering season begins in July and probably continues un- 

 til the frosts. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jay (Phinney); 

 Lake (Hill); Cass and Marshall (Hessler); Wabash (Jenkins); 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



IONACTIS Greene. 



I. linariifolius (L.) Greene. Double-Bristled Aster. Stiff leaved 



After. 



{Aster linariifolius Hook.) 



Found in dry, sandy soils in a few counties of the State. The 

 habit of growth of the species is such as to lead to its easy 

 recognition. 



Flowering season from July through September. 



Vigo and Lake (Blatchley); Cass (Hessler); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal). 



PLUCHEA Cass. 



P. camphorata (L.) DC. Spicy Fleabane. 



This salt-marsh form is found on river banks in the extreme 

 southern counties of the State. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Gibson and Posey (Schueck). 



P. petiolata Cass. Inland Marsh Fleabane. 



(P. faiida DC.) 

 In southern Indiana, in moist soil, often in woods. 

 Flowers from August until October. 

 Jefferson and Gibson. 



ANTENNAKIA Gaertn. 



A plantaginifolia (L.) Richards. Plantain-leaf Everlasting. Mouse 

 Ear. White Plantain. 



Abundantly distributed throughout our area, usually growing 

 on dry slopes, or in dry, open woods. It very often completely 

 covers patches of a fourth of an acre or more. 



Flowering season from early April through June. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); Monroe and Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Gib- 

 son and Posey (Schneck); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Tippecanoe and Kosciusko 

 (Coulter); Fayette (Hessler); Daviess (Clements); Hamilton (Wil- 

 son); Steuben (Bradner). 



