374 Kl-roRT ()!•■ Xl-:w jURSEV STATIC ML'SKUM. 



Damp gTouiul ; fro(|uc'nl lliroii^lidut the Slate, least abundant 

 in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Early September to mid-CJctoher. 



Miiidlc District.— New Egypt, Camden, Medford (S), Orchard (S), Had- 

 donficld, Lindcnwold (S). Clcmcnton, Swedcsboro, Woodbury (P). 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Waretown, Whitings, Atco, Pleasant Mills, 

 Hammonton (Bassett), Egg Harbor City, Sea Isle Jnc. (S). 



Cape May. — Cold Spring. 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook (NB), Seaside Park (S), Coxes, Barnegat 

 City (L), Harvey Cedars (L), Ship Bottom (L), Spray Beach (L), Palermo 

 (S), Ocean View (S). 



Gyrostachys praecox (Walt.). Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses. 



Limodorum pracox Walter, Fl. Cor. 221. 1788 [South Carolina, probably 



Santee River]. 

 Speiranthes graminca var. pracox Britlon 231. 

 Gyrostachys prcccox Keller and Brown iii. 



Swamps and damp ground; frequent in the Pine Barren, Cape 

 2^Iay and Coast districts, less so in the ^Middle (Hstrict. 



Besides G. vernalis we have a larger species of Ladies' Tresses 

 growing in wet bogs instead of damp sand and blooming later.- 

 Structurally it ditTers in having the stem nearly glabrous above. 

 ]\Ir. Oakes Ames in his monograph* has identified specimens 

 from several of our localities as G. prcccox, and we have so 

 regarded it. Dr. John K. Small, however, regards typical speci- 

 mens from Bennett as G. vernalis. As I do not feel able to unite 

 the two forms, I let them stand subject to further study. 



Fl. — Early August to late September. 



Middle District. — Seven miles west of Mickleton. 



Pine Barrens. — 'Atsion, Speedwell, Hospitality Br., Crowleytown, Quaker 

 Bridge (P). 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



Gyrostachys vernalis (Engelm. and Gray.). 



Speiranthes vernalis Engelmann and Gray, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. V. 236. 

 1845 [Galveston, Texas]. 



Rather frequent along the coast strip and rarely in the Pine 

 Barrens. 



Fl. — Late June — early August. 



* Orchidaceae Fasc. I., pp. 113-156. 



