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*Tilia heterophylla Ventenat. 42 White Basswood. 



Range. — Southeastern Indiana (Switzerland and Jefferson Counties); south- 

 rn West Virginia (vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County) ; 

 Piedmont section of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; south- 

 central Alabama (vicinity of Selma and Berlin, Dallas County) ; western Florida 

 'vicinity of Tallahassee," Leon County, River Junction, Gadsden County, and 

 vicinity of Rock Cave, Jackson County). 



NAMES IN USE 



White Basswood (Ind., Ala.). Linn (N. C). 



T\ahoo (Ga.. Fla.). Basswood (N. C, trade). 



Wild Linden. Beetree Linden. 

 Smooth-fruited White-leaved Limetree Linden. 



(Tenn.). Bee-tree. 



Large-leaved Limetree. White Linn. 

 Silverieaf Poplar (Ky.). 

 Lin. 



Tilia heterophylla michauxii (Nuttall) Sargent. White Basswood. 



Bangs. — From Pennsylvania (valley of the Susquehanna River^ to western 

 and southern Xew Yor£; thence through southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois 

 to northeastern Missouri (vicinity of Ilasco, Ralls County), and northwestern 

 Arkansas (vicinity of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, and of Cotter, Marion 

 County) ; southward through eastern Kentucky and Tennessee to northern 

 Mi—issippi, and along the Appalachian Mountains and foothills to northern and 

 southern Georgia and to central Alabama (Dallas County). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Tilia Michauxii Nuttall. 



NAME IN USE 



White Basswood 



Tilia heterophylla nivea Sargent. White Basswood. 



Range. — Western Florida (vicinity of River Junction, Gadsden County). 



NAME IN USE 



White Basswood 



Tilia heterophylla amphiloba Sargent. White Basswood. 



Range. — Known now to occur only in western Florida (vicinity of River 

 Junction. Gadsden County) and in northeastern Alabama (vicinity of Valley 

 Head, Dekalb County). 



Note on nomenclature. — Probably the same as Tilia apposita Ashe, which 

 antedates Sargent's varietal name by eighteen months. 



NAME IN USE 



White Basswood 

 Tilia monticola Sargent. White Basswood. 



Range. — Southwestern North Carolina (vicinity of Highlands, Macon County, 

 and of Biitmore, Buncombe County) ; northeastern Tennessee (vicinity of Johnson 

 City, Washington County); southwestern Virginia (on Farmer Mountain, near 

 Xew River, Carroll County). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Tilia heterophylla Sargent, 

 in part, not of Ventenat. Further study may show this to be a form of Tilia 

 heterophylla michauxii (Nuttall) Sargent. A basswood referred to the latter 

 variety, and previously characterized as Tilia tenera Ashe (1917), is now desig- 

 nated as Tilia heterophylla tenera Ashe. It occurs near Deep River, Moore 

 County, North Carolina. 



NAME IN USE 



White Basswood 



** The form of this tree found in West Virginia was first designated as Tilia heterophylla var. microdonta 

 Engler. The first authentic specimen of the species was taken in North Carolina in 1892. 



