FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 989 



H. L.F.TIFLORUS Pers. Showy Sunflower. 



A widely distributed and common form. Indicative of dry 

 soil, and usually found in prairies or open barrens. Found also in 

 thickets and the border of woods, but in much less profusion in 

 such localities. 



Flowering season July through September. 



Jefferson and Jasper (Barnes); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Fayette (Hessler); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Dearborn (Collins); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Gibson and 

 Posey (Schneck); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Steuben (Bradner); 

 Jasper. 



H. tomento8US Michx. Woolly Sunflower. 



Eeported from two counties in different parts of the State. 

 The species is eastern in its mass distribution, but has been re- 

 ported from Illinois. The species is admitted upon rather scant 

 specimens which seem to justify the reference. 



Collected in flower on the fifteenth of August. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor); Steuben (Bradner). 



H. tuberosus L. Jerusalem Artichoke. Earth Apple. 



This species occurs in the southern part of the State in con- 

 siderable abundance in moist, alluvial soils. Less common north- 

 ward. Extensively grown in some places for its edible tubers. 



Flowers in September and October. 



Vigo (Blatchley); Franklin (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Cass (Coulter); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner). 



VERBESINA L. 

 HELIANTHOIDES Michx. 



More abundant in the northern than in the southern counties, 

 though found in fair abundance in all parts of the State. Found 

 in dry soil on prairies or in thickets. 



Flowers in June and July. 



Kosciusko (Coulter); Tippecanoe (Wright); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Ran- 

 dolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Vigo 

 (Blatchley); Marion. 



