AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST 



[N. s., 23, 1921 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE 



The map used to indicate the areas of use of the different species of 

 Nicotiana in North America, is obtained from the Department of Anthro 

 pology of the American Museum of Natural History of New York City and 

 is the same as that given by Dr. Clark Wissler in The American Indian 

 (New York, 1917, fig. 103). The lines delimiting the different Nicotiana 

 areas follow more or less closely those used to mark off the various " Cul 

 ture Areas" from one another (cf. Wissler, loc. cit., fig. 67), but with some 

 differences. Within the different Nicotiana areas, the larger number within 

 a single circle indicates the general species used, presumably throughout the 

 area, while the smaller number within a circle indicates a tribe definitely 

 known to have used it. The numbers in double circles placed without the 

 borders of the land, but with arrows drawn to indicate the regions to which 

 they belong, indicate, with the exception of No. 10, species not as yet known 

 to have been in aboriginal use. The following is a list of the species, each 

 with its appropriate number : 



I. Nicotiana Tabacum L. 



2. 

 3- 



4- 

 5- 

 6. 



7- 

 8. 



9- 

 10. 

 ii. 



rustica L. 



Bigclovii (Torrey) Watson (typical form). 



(tall form). 



(var. WaUacci Gray). 

 quadrii'ak'is Pursh. 

 multirah-is Lindley. 

 attenuata Torrey. 

 Clei'elandii Gray. 

 trigonophylla Dunal. 

 repanda Willdenow. 



I am indebted to Mr. Charles E. Davis of Edgewood, R. I., for the 

 preparation of this plate. 



