31 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



R. hispidus, L. Running Swamp Blackberry. Swampy places. 

 Rather common throughout. 



R. cuneifolius, Pursh. Sand Blackberry. Common on the Yellow 

 Drift and confined to that formation. 



Rosa, Tourn ROSE. 



R. Carolina, L. Swamp Rose. Low grounds. Common through- 

 out. 



R. lucida, Ehrhart. Dwarf Wild Rose. Dry fields and roadsides. 

 Rather common. 



R. blanda, Ait. Early Wild Rose. "Damp meadows, Freehold. 

 Not common." 0. R. Willis in Catalogus Plantarum. The only sta- 

 tion mentioned in the State. 



R rubiginosa, L. Sweet Brier. Roadsides and thickets. Sparingly 

 throughout. Nat. Eu. 



R. micrantha, Smith. Small-flowered Sweet Brier. Rare. Hobo- 

 ken, C. F. Austin. Nat, Eu. 



Crateegus, L HAWTHORN. WHITE-THORN 



C. Oxyacantha, L. English Hawthorn. Sparingly escaped from 

 cultivation. Warren Co., F. Knighton ; Hudson Co., C. F. Austin. 

 Adv. Eu. 



C. cocciiiea, L. Scarlet-fruited Thorn. Thickets and rocky banks. 

 Frequent throughout the State. 



C. tomentosa, L. Black Thorn, Pear Thorn. Sparingly in thickets 

 in the northern counties. Verona and Cal dwell, Essex Co., (the Var. 

 pyrifolia, Gray), H. H. Rusby ; also in Monmouth Co., R. W. Brown. 



C. Crus-galli, L. Cockspur Thorn. Sparingly in thickets through- 

 out the State. 



C. parvifolia, Ait. Dwarf Thorn. Common on the area of the 

 Yellow Drift and mostly confined to it ; but grows also at Plainfield, 

 Frank Tweedy; on the Palisades, C. F. Austin ; and at Mil ford, Hun- 

 terdon Co., N. L. Britton. 



Pirus, L. (Pyrus, L.) ...... PEAR. APPLE. 



P. coronaria, L. American Crab Apple. Sparingly in the north- 

 western parts of the State. Warren Co., C. F. Parker; Morris Co., C. 

 F. Austin. 



P. arbutifolia, L. Chokeberry. Damp Thickets. Common through- 

 out, 



Var. melanocarpa, Hook. Chokeberry. Damp thickets. Rather 

 common throughout. 



P. Americana, DC. American Mountain-ash. Very rare and con- 

 fined to the northern counties. Budd's Lake, T. C. Porter. 



