FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 997 



A. ANNUA L. 



In the southwestern counties, where it is quite abundant in dry 

 waste places. 



Flowering July and August. 

 Gibson. 



A. biennis Willd. 



A coarse weed with a disagreeable odor somewhat common in 

 dry, sandy soil in the southern part of the State, less so in the 

 northern counties. 



Flowers in August and September. 



Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Fayette (Hessler). 



ERECHTITES Kaf. 



E. hieracifolia (L.) Raf. Fire Weed. 



Borders of woods and thickets, especially abundant where the 

 soil has been burned over. It is found in rich, rather moist, soils. 



Flowers from July through September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Jefferson (Barnes); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, 

 and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); Franklin (Meyncke); 

 Dearborn (Collins); Cedar Lake (Deam); Fayette (Hessler); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner); Montgomery (Coulter). 



MESADENIA Raf. 



M. reniformis (Muhl.) Raf. Great Indian Plantain. 

 (Caealia reniformis Muhl.) 

 Found in rich, moist soils. Confined so far as reports go, to the 

 southern counties of the State. 



Flowering season July through September. 

 Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Monroe 

 and Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Fayette (Hessler); 

 Hamilton (Wilson); Marion (Moffatt). 



