832 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



CEANOTHUS L. 



C. .Americanus L. New Jersey Tea. 



Found abundantly in sandy soils, usually in open or light 

 t shaded places. Where it obtains a foothold it frequently spreads 

 over wide areas to the practical exclusion of other shrubs. Com- 

 mon name derived from the fact that an infusion of the leaves 

 was used as tea by the American troops during the Revolution. 



Flowers from May until in August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Cass (Hess- 

 ler); Laporte (Barnes); White (Hussey); Vermillion (Wright); 

 Daviess (Clements); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Vigo (Blatch- 

 ley); Steuben (Bradner). 



C. ovatus Desf. Smaller Red-root. 



Found only in dry sand or gravel beaches, or open stretches, in 

 the northern part of the State. It is probably of more general 

 distribution than the citations indicate, being in many instances 

 confused with the preceding species which it resembles. 



Flowers from May until July. 



Lake (Hill). 



VITACE^E. Grape Family. 

 VITIS L. 



V. Labrtjsca L. Fox Grape. Plum Grape. 



In thickets, usually in rather moist soils in several parts of the 

 State. Its range is probably wider than the citations indicate, 

 the difficulty of satisfactorily discriminating the various species 

 of the genus leading to their scant collection. "The cultivated 

 Isabella, Concord and Catawba grapes have been derived from 

 this species" (Britton and Brown). 



Flowers in May; fruit ripens in August and September. 



Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Cass 

 (Hessler); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Jefferson. 



V. aestivalis Michx. Summer Grape. Small Grape. 



Common throughout the State in thickets, frequenting rather 

 dry soils. It is one of our most characteristic lianas. The fruit 

 is acid but edible, and is somewhat largely used. 



Flowers in April and May; fruit ripens in September and 

 October. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Kosciusko (Coulter); Putnam (MacDougal); Steuben (Bradner). 



