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2. LIRIODENDRON. Tue Tutie TREE. 
(From the Greek, lirion, lily and dendron, tree,) 
Liriodendron Tulipifera Linneus. Portar. Yrettow Pop.ar. 
Waite Poruar. Hickory Porptar. Wuite Woop. Plate 71. 
Bark furrowed; leaves 4-6 lobed, very variable in form, smooth, 
dark green and shiny above, paler beneath, large truncate and 
notched at the apex, about 12 em. (5 inches) wide and equally as 
long, leaf stalks about the same length; flowers appear in May or 
June on the ends of the branches on stalks about 2 em. (1 inch) 
long, large, bell-shaped, about 4 em. (2 inches) deep, pale greenish- 
yellow, sometimes tinged with orange red at the base inside; fruit 
5-7 em. (2-234 inches) long, upright, many of which remain on the 
tree during the winter. 
Distribution. Rhode Island and northern New York, south to 
northern Florida, west to eastern Missouri and Arkansas. It is 
well distributed in all parts of Indiana, occuring as somewhat fre- 
quent in the northern part, rather rare in a few counties; and more 
frequent in the southern part of the State, especially in the south- 
western part where it attains its greatest development. It is 
adapted to a rich moist soil with good drainage. One of Indiana’s 
largest and most useful trees. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Car- 
roll (Thompson); Cass (Benedict and Elrod) and (Coulter); Clark 
(Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); Dearborn (Collins); Decatur 
(Ballard); Delaware (Phinney); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and 
Wayne (Phinney); Fayette (Hessler); Fountain (Brown); Franklin 
(Haymond) and (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wil- 
son); Jefferson (Coulter); Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas); Kos- 
ciusko (Clark) and (Coulter); Lake (Higley and Radden); Marion 
(Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Monroe (Blatchley); vicinity of New 
Albany (Clapp); Noble (Van Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey 
(Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); Shelby (Ballard); Steuben 
(Bradner); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo (Blatchley); Wabash 
(Benedict and Elrod). 
Additional records are: Montgomery (Coulter) and (Evans); 
Putnam (Grimes); Tippecanoe (Coulter); Crawford, Decatur, 
Fountain, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Huntington, Laporte, Mor- 
gan, Noble, Owen, Posey, Shelby, Steuben and Wells (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood light, weak, soft, stiff, straight and mod- 
erately coarse-grained, seasons and works well. The sap wood is 
white and the heart wood a light yellow. The wood of young and 
