53 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Artemisia, L WORMWOOD. 



A. caudata, Michx. Sea-side Wormwood. Sandy sea beaches and 

 also in sandy fields at a short distance from the sea. Not very com- 

 mon. Abundant about Keyport, R. W. Brown ; Sandy Hook, M. 

 Ruger. 



A. vulgaris, L. Common Mugwort. Sparingly introduced into 

 waste places. Near Closter, C. F. Austin ; Montclair, Essex Co., 

 W. M. Wolfe; in waste places and ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker; 

 and Communipaw, Addison Brown. Adv. Eu. 



A. biennis, Willd. Biennial Wormwood. Occasionally found in 

 waste places near railroads. In ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker ; 

 abundant near the abattoir at Communipaw, A. Brown. Adv. 

 Western States. 



Gnaphalium, L CUDWEED. 



G. decurrens, Ives. Everlasting. Sparingly in the northern parts 

 of the State. Marble Hill, Warren Co., T. C. Porter; not rare in 

 Essex Co., H. H. Rushy ; Chatham, W. H. Leggett. 



G. polycephalum, Michx. Common Everlasting. Fields and 

 woods. Common throughout. 



G. uliginosum, L. Low Cudweed. Low grounds along roadsides. 

 Common throughout, and probably to a large extent introduced from 

 Europe. Eu. 



G. purpureum, L. Purplish Cudweed. Common in the southern 

 and sparingly in the middle counties ; mostly confined to the Yellow 

 Drift. Chatham, W. H. Leggett; Plainfield, Frank Tweedy ; Camden, 

 C. F. Parker; Long Branch, M. Ruger. 



Antennaria, Gaertn EVERLASTING. 



A. margaritacea, R. Br. Pearly Everlasting. Frequent in the 

 northern and middle counties, but only sparingly on the Yellow 

 Drift. Dry places near the coast in Ocean and Monmouth Cos., 

 rare, P. D. Knieskern ; Keyport, R. W. Brown. 



A. plantaginifolia, Hook. Plantain-leaved Everlasting. Dry sterile 

 soil ; common throughout. 



Filago, Tourn COTTON-ROSE. 



P. Germanica, L. Herba Impia. Dry barren fields in Monmouth 

 and Ocean Cos., rare, P. D. Knieskern; in ballast at Camden, I. C. 

 Martindale. Adv. Eu. 



Erechthites, Raf. FIREWEED. 



E. hieracifolia, Raf. Fireweed. Low grounds ; common through- 

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