FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 717 



TOXYLON Ear. 



T. pomiferum Raf. Osage OraDge. 



Madura aurantiaca Nutt.) 



Used largely throughout the State for hedges and wind breaks 

 and sparingly escaped in various counties. In our area the form 

 rarely exceeds 30 or 40 feet in height and a trunk diameter of from 

 one to one and one-half feet. It establishes itself strongly in rich 

 soil, but becomes a straggling shrub in light thin soils. 



The wood is hard, very strong, dense and durable. 



Flowers in May and June ; fruit ripens in October and November. 



Tippecanoe (Thompson I ; Decatur (Ballard) ; Vigo fBlatchley) ; 

 Jefferson (J. M. Coulter : Kosciusko (Coulter) ; Hamilton Wil>on). 



HUMULUS L. 



H. Lupulus L. Hop. 



Escaped from cultivation somewhat extensively in various parts 

 of the State. Usually found in thickets along the banks of streams. 



Flowers in June and July; fruit matures in September and 

 October. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham) ; Vigo ■ Blatchley) ; Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck;; Clark Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (Barnes); Ham- 

 ilton (Wilson) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



CANNABIS L. 

 C. sativa L. Hemp. 



In waste, rather dry places, in various counties. Abundant in 

 places, but rarely troublesome. Of much wider range than citations 

 indicate. 



Flowers from July until September. 



Tippecanoe Cunningham ; Putnam > MacDougal) ; Fayette 

 (Hessler); Vigo Blatchley); Jefferson (Barnes); Kosciusko 

 (Coulter) ; Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Hamilton and Marion 

 (Wilson); Steuben (Bradner . 



URTICACE-E. Nettle Family 



URTICA L. 



J. dioica L. Stinging or Great Nettle. 



Rare, in waste places and by roadsides. 

 Flowers from July until September. 

 Marion. 



