FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 985 



R. lactniata L. Tall Cone Flower. 



Found in moist, shaded localities in many counties. Usually 

 abundant in the stations in which it occurs. 



Flowering begins early in July and continues through Sep- 

 tember. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Harrison 

 (Barnes); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Owen and Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Dearborn (Collins); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Gibson 

 and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Noble (Van Gorder); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Cedar Lake (Deam); Hamilton (Wilson); 

 Fayette and Cass (Hessler). 



KATIBIDA Raf. 



R. pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart Gray-headed Cone Flower. 

 (Lepachys pinnata T. and G.) 

 Found in many counties of the State, but nowhere abundant. 

 Frequents dry prairies and railway embankments. 

 Flowering season, June to September. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Carroll (Coulter); Tippecanoe (Cunning- 

 ham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Cass (Hessler); Laporte (Barnes); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Hamilton (Wil- 

 son); Steuben (Bradner). 



BRAUNERrA Neck. 



B. purpurea (L.) Britton. Purple Cone Flower. 

 (Echinacea purpurea Moench.) 



Found in various parts of the State, but never in great abund- 

 ance. It reaches its best development in moist, rich soil, but is 

 also often found in dry and sandy locations. 



Flowering season from July until the frosts. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Cass (Hessler); Harrison and 

 Floyd (Barnes); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Franklin (Meyncke); Vigo 

 (Blatchley). 



B. pallida (Nutt.) Britton. Pale-purple Cone Flower. 

 (Echinacea angustifolia DC.) 

 Confined to the extreme northern counties of the State, where 

 it is found in dry, sandy soil in open places. Even in the locali- 

 ties cited the species is quite rare. 



Flowering season, July through September. 

 Lake (Hill); Laporte. 



