FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 745 



ANONACEJE. Custard apple Family. 



ASIMINA Adans. 



A. triloba (L.) Dunal. Papaw. Custard Apple. 



Extremely abundant in the southern part of the State where it 

 covers wide areas. Less common farther north, but found in most 

 counties of the State. It is usually found in rich, rather low 

 woods, though very abundant on limestone hills in the south- 

 ern part of the State. It reaches its greatest development in the 

 lower Wabash valley, where at times it is from 12 to 15 inches in 

 diameter. The wood is of no especial value; the bark, after 

 maceration, is sometimes used for ropes and mats. The leaves 

 are supposed to exert a preservative influence, and are largely 

 used by small dealers for covering meat, fresh dressed poultry and 

 fish. 



Two forms, not separated botanically, are associated in our area. 

 They differ in time of flowering, in size, shape, color and flavor 

 ol the fruit, in leaf shape, venation and odor and in color of the 

 bark. They are of constant popular recognition and are probably 

 separate species, never seeming to intergrade. 



Flowering season March and April. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson 

 and Posey (Schneck); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko 

 (Coulter); Decatur (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); 

 Steuben (Bradner); Cass and Fayette (Hessler). 



RANUNCULACE^E. Crowfoot Family. 



HYDRASTIS Ellis. 



H. Canadensis L. Yellow Puccoon. Yellow Root. 



Found throughout the State in rich soils on hillsides or in 

 woods. It is disappearing in many parts of the State, partly be- 

 cause of cultural changes, partly because of its being largely used 

 as a household remedy. 



Flowering season, April and May. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Gib- 

 son and Posey (Schneck); Xoble (Van Gorder); Dearborn (Col- 

 lins); Jay, Delaware, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Monroe 

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

 Decatur and Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton (Wilson); Steuben 

 (Bradner). 



