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PI. — Earlv May li> oarl\- juiK'. l)ef(ire or with tlic leaves. Fr. 

 — Late July into Auo'usl. i)ersisting over winter. 



Middle District. — Fanningdale (S), Brindletown, Riverton, Browns Mills, 

 Tomlinson's, Woodbury, E. of Scwcll (S), Alloway, W. of Bridgeton (S), 

 Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Bamber, Speedwell (S), bear Swamp (S), Water ford. 

 Cedar Brook, Landisville, Pleasant Mills (T), Tuckahoe. 



Coast Strip. — Pt. Pleasant (S), Toms River, Seaside Park (S), Surf City 

 (L),lSl. Beach Haven (L), Absecon, Atlantic City, Ocean City (S), Anglesea. 



Cape .1/oy.— Seaville (S), Bennett (S), Cape May (S). 2 mi. E. Dias Creek 

 (S), Sluice Creek (S). 



Myrica cerifera L. Wax Myrtle. 



Myrica cerifera Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 1024. 1753 [Carolina, Virginia and Penna]. 

 — Sargent Manual N. A. Trees. 147. 1905. — Long, Bartonia II. 21. 

 1910. 



Low g-round ; nrainly restricted to the western part of the 

 lower Cape j\Iay peninsula, where it is conimon. though not to 

 the exclusion of the other species which occurs w^ith it. This 

 species was first recorded from New Jerse) by Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent, on the basis of a specimen collected Ijy- Isaac C. ]\Iartin- 

 dale in Cape May County. 



Fl. — Early May to early June, before or with the lea\es. Fr. 

 — Early August into September, persisting over winter. 



Coast Strip. — Palermo. 



Cape May. — W. of Cape May Ct. House, Dias Creek, Green Creek (S). 



COMPTONIA Banks. 



Comptonia asplenifolia (L.). Sweet Fern. 



PI. LIV., Fig. 2. 



Myrica asplenifolia Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 1024. 1753 [N. America]. — Britton 220. 



Comptonia asplenifolia Barton Fl. Phila. II. 159. 1818. — Knieskern 28. 



Dry ground, comimon throughout the State, especially plenti- 

 ful in the Pine Barrens, where, in association w'ith the Bracken, 

 it often fonns a large part of the shrubby underbrush. 



Fl. — Late .Mpril to earlv ^^lay. before or with the leaves. Fr. 

 — mid-June into July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Birmingham, Riverside, Sicklerville, York- 

 town. 



Pine Barrens. — Allaire (S), Waretown, Speedwell (S), Plains (S), Bear 

 Swamp (S), Albion, Landisville, Mays Landing (S). 



Coast Sl^rip. — Beach Haven (L), Ocean City (S). 



Cape May. — Court House (S). 



