43 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



V. pubescens, Pursh. Downy Arrow-wood. Sparingly in rocky 

 places in the middle and northern counties. Hills near Princeton, 

 0. R. Willis ; Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin ; Preakness, Passaic Co., 

 W. L. Fischer. 



V. acerifolium, L. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood. Common in woods 

 in the northern and middle counties ; rare on the Yellow Drift. Near 

 Key port, R. W. Brown. 



V. Opulus, L. Cranberry-tree. Very rare. Sussex Co., A. P. Garber. 

 Eu. 



RUBIACE^]. 

 Galium, L BEDSTRAW. CLEAVERS. 



G. aparine, L. Cleavers. Goose-grass. Moist thickets. Common in 

 the middle and northern counties. Adv. Eu. (?) 



G. asprellum, Michx. Rough Bedstraw. Frequent in the northern 

 counties. Rare elsewhere. 



G. trifidum, L. Small Bedstraw. Common throughout the State. 

 Eu. 



G. triflorum, Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. Common through- 

 out the middle and northern counties ; rare on the Yellow Drift. Eu. 



G. pilosum, Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. Common on the Yellow Drift, 

 and sparingly in other parts of the State. 



Var. puncticulosum, Gray. Egg Harbor City, I. C. Martindale. 



G. hispidulum, Michx. Cape May near the Landing, A. Commons. 



G. circfezans, Michx. Wild Liquorice. Common, except in the 

 pine barrens. 



G. lanceolatum, Torr. Wild Liquorice. Sparingly in the northern 

 and occasional in the middle counties. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F, Aus- 

 tin; Long Hill, W. H. Leggett; Warren Co., C. F. Parker; Verona, 

 Essex Co., H. H. Rusby ; Freehold and Hightstown, O. R. Willis. 



G. boreale, L. Northern Bedstraw. Marble Hill above Phillips- 

 burg, T. C. Porter; Chatham Station, M. & E. R. R., W. H. Leggett; 

 Princeton, Dr. John Torrey. Rare, and mostly confined to the north- 

 ern counties. Eu. 



G. verum, L. Yellow Bedstraw. In ballast at Communipaw, N. L. 

 Britton. Adv. Eu. 



Diodia, L. . , BUTTON-WEED. 



D. Virginica, L. Virginian Button-weed. Cape May, C. F. Parker. 

 D. teres, Walt. Terete-stemmed B. Sandy fields and roadsides. 

 Very common on the Yellow Drift, and sparingly elsewhere. 



Cephalanthus, L BUTTON-BUSH. 



C. occidentalis, L. Button-bush. Swamps, etc. Common through- 

 out. 



