89 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Leggett ; South River, Middlesex Co., N. L. Britton. Not rare in the 

 southern counties. 



Q. imbricaria, Michx. Shingle Oak. Sparingly in pine barren 

 regions. Definite localities are desired. 



Q. nigra, L. Black Jack Oak. Common on the Yellow Drift and 

 mostly confined to that formation. 



Var. quinqueloba, Eng. Tom's River, Ocean Co., I. C. Martindale. 



Q. heterophylla, Michx. Bartram's Oak. Near Woodbury, Glou- 

 cester Co., C. F. Parker; Cape May Co., C. F. Austin. 



Q. ilicifolia, Wang. Black Scrub Oak. Common, especially in the 

 pine barrens. 



Q. falcata, Michx. Spanish Oak. Not common, and confined to the 

 Yellow Drift formation. Cape May, C. F. Austin ; Keyport, Mon- 

 mouth Co., S. Lockwood; Point Pleasant, Ocean Co., P. D. Knies- 

 kern; Camden and Gloucester Cos., C. F. Parker; Bridge ton, Cum- 

 berland Co., N. L. Britton. 



Q. coccinea, Wang. Scarlet Oak. Frequent throughout the State. 



Var. tinctoria, Gray. Black Oak. Woods. Common throughout. 



Q. rubra, L. Red Oak. Woods. Common throughout. 



Q. palustris, Du Roi. Pin Oak. Swampy and low ground. Rather 

 common throughout. 



Castanea, Tourn CHESTNUT. 



C. vesca, L. ; Far. Americana, Michx. Chestnut. Woods. Com- 

 mon throughout the State. 



C. pumila, Michx. Chinquapin. Growing abundantly at Clarks- 

 boro, Gloucester Co., Isaac Burk. 



Fagus. Tourn BEECH. 



P. ferruginea, Ait. American Beech. Common in the northern 

 and middle counties, and frequent on the Yellow Drift. 



Corylus, Tourn HAZEL-NUT. 



C. Americana, Walt. Wild Hazel-nut. Woods and thickets. Com- 

 mon throughout. 



C. rostrata, Ait. Beaked Hazle-uut. Sparingly in the northern and 

 middle counties. Mercer Co., Dr. John Torrey ; Warren Co., C. F. 

 Parker; Morris Co., C. F. Austin; Phillipsburg, T. C. Porter; Plain- 

 field; Frank Tweedy ; New Providence, W. H. Leggett ; Bloomsbury, 

 Hunterdon Co., A. P. Garber. 



Ostrya, Michx HOP-HORNBEAM. 



O. Virginica, Willd. American Hop-hornbeam. Sparingly in the 

 northern counties. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin ; Palisades, W. 

 H. Leggett. 



