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(jalium pilosum. 

 Sambucus canadensis. 

 Viburnum dentatum. 

 Specularia perfoliata. 

 Lobelia cardinalis. 

 Adopogon virginicum. 

 Lactuca canadensis. 

 Vornonia noveboracensis. 

 Eupatorium maculatum. 

 '' perfoliatum. 



" aromaticum. 



Willugbseya scandens. 

 Solidago serotina. 



" altissima. 



" canadensis. 



Euthamia graminifolia. 



Aster puniceus. 

 lateriflorus. 

 " ericoides. 

 Docllingcria umbellata. 

 Antcnnaria neodiocia. 

 " ncglecta. 



" plantagini folia. 



" parlinii. 



Helianthus gigantcus. 

 Bidens Isevis. 

 " comosa. 

 " frondosa. 

 " bipinnata. 

 Senecio aureus. 

 Carduus discolor. 

 " muticus. 



THE COASTAL STRIP. 



The existence of a coastal flora distinct from that of the Pine 

 Barrens and independent of the maritime element was first recog- 

 nized by the writer and pointed out in 1908.''' 



This is essentially a continuation of the flora of the Middle 

 district around the northern and southern extremities of the Pine 

 Barrens. North of Asbury Park it practically merges into the 

 Middle district, while south of Sea Isle Junction it is not always 

 clearly defined from similar elements of the Cape May district. 

 On the coast islands from Bay Head to Sewell's Point, Cape May, 

 it is well developed and contains, in addition to the Middle dis- 

 trict species, a certain number of Pine Barren plants. The strip 

 on the mainland is sometimes so narrow and so cut bv projecting 

 arms of the Pine Barrens that it is obviously impossible to tell 

 which species of the latter should be regarded as common also to 

 the coastal strip. The only plan seems to be to include only such 

 as have become established on the islands. While the coastal 

 flora has been said to be largely identical with that of the Middle 



* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1907, p. 452 (issued Jan. 20, 1908). This 

 strip appears in Prof. John B. Smith's report on New Jersey Insects in last 

 year's Museum Report. Prof. Smith consulted with me upon the construc- 

 tion of this map and availed himself of the results of my studies upon the 

 distribution of plants and vertebrate animals in New Jersey, but inadvertently 

 failed to mention the fact or to refer to the paper just quoted. 



