83i REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST, 



PARTHENOCISSU3 Planch. 



P. quinquefolia (L.) Planch. Virginia Creeper. Wild Ivy. 

 (Ampelopsis quinquefolia Michx.) 



Common in rich woods and fields in all^parts of the State. Usu- 

 ally climbing, rarely trailing in our area. Locally it is known 

 often as "Five-leaved Ivy" and Woodbine. Somewhat cultivated. 



Flowers from April through June. The species is also very 

 handsome in the autumn because of the deep red leaf coloration 

 and the numerous panicles of blue-black fruit. 



Kosciusko (Coulter): Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam 

 (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jefferson (Barnes); 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner). 



TILIACE.E. Linden Family. 



TILIA L. 



T. Americana L. Bass-wood. White-wood. Lin. 



This tree, indicative always of rich soil, is fairly well dis- 

 tributed throughout the State, reaching its greatest development 

 in the valley of the lower Wabash. A specimen from this region 

 gave the following measurements: Circumference three feet 

 from the ground, 17-J feet; height of trunk from roots to first 

 branch, 50 feet; total height, 109 feet. The wood, while not 

 strong, is very compact, close-grained and easily worked, and is 

 used very largely in the manufacture of woodenware and other 

 products not requiring great strength. It is also largely used in 

 the manufacture of paper pulp. In some sections of the State 

 it is used almost exclusively for making, charcoal. In most in- 

 stances, however, this valuable tree is only used for fuel. 



Flowers in May and June; its fragrant flowers, rich in nectar, 

 attracting countless bees and butterflies and other insects. Def- 

 inite reports of its occurrence in fair abundance and of marketable 

 size have been received from thirty-five counties, covering all 

 parts of the State. So general is its distribution that it is unnec- 

 i ssary to give specific citations. 



T. Heterophylla Vent White Bass-wood. Bee-tree. 



Very sparingly found in a few southern counties, growing in 

 similar localities and associated with the preceding. Its wood is 

 scarcely distinguishable from that of T. Americana, and is used 

 for the same purposes. 



