37 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



CUCURBITACE^J. 



Echinocystis, Torr. & Gray. . WILD BALSAM-APPLE, 



E. lobata, Torr. & Gray. Wild Balsam-apple. Rare. Near Bur- 

 lington, Isaac Bnrk. 



Sicyos, L ...... ONE-SEEDED STAR CUCUMBER. 



S. angulatus, L. One-seeded Cucumber. Sparingly in clamp places 

 throughout the State. 



CACTACE-aS. 



Opuntia, Tourn ......... PRICKLY PEAR. 



O. vulgaris, Haworth. Prickly Pear. Rare. Haddonfield. I. C. 

 Martindale; South Jersey, W. M. Canby. 



O. Rafinesquii, Engl. Prickly Pear. Sandy fields and on rocks. 

 Frequent throughout the State. 



Mollugo, L ......... INDIAN-CHICKWEED. 



M. verticillata, L. Carpet-weed. Waste and cultivated grounds. 

 Common. Adv. Southern States. 



Sesuvium, L .......... SEA PURSLANE. 



S. pentandrum, Ell. Sea Purslane. Frequent on the coast from 

 Sandy Hook to Cape May. 



UMBEIiLIFEREJ. 



Hydrocotyle, L ....... WATER PENNYWORT. 



H. Americana, L. Banks of Shark River, P. D. Knieskern; Key- 

 port, R. W. Brown ; near Freehold, S. Lockwood; and common in 

 the northern parts of the State. 



H. umbellata, L. Frequent in the southern and middle counties. 

 Atlantic City, Cape May and Camden, C. F. Parker; Point Pleasant, 

 Ocean Co., P. D. Knieskern ; Red Bank, along the muddy shore of 

 the Navesink River, W. H. Leggett. 



Var. (?) ambigua, Gray. Cape May, C. F. Parker. 



H. interrupta, Muhl. Sparingly near the coast. Red Bank, W. H. 

 Leggett ; Cape May, W. M. Canby. 



Eryngium, L ............ ERYNGO. 



E. yuccfefolium, Michx. "Pine barrens." Gray's Manual and C. F. 

 Austin, but no definite stations are reported. 



