400 REPORT OF NEW JI<:rSEV STATIC .MlSlvUM. 



Common in woods of the nurlheni counties, less common 

 southward in the Middle district and rare on the Cape May 

 peninsula. 



PI. — Mid-April to late April, as the leaves begin to expand. 



Pr. — ^^'cll oTown l)v mid-summer, not usually mature until earlv 



autumn. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Bordentown, Kinkora, Birming- 

 ham (S), Medford (S), Woodbury, Yorktown. 

 Cape May. — Goshen. 



OSTRYA Scopoli. 

 Ostrya virginiana (Mill.). Hop-Hornbeam, Iron-wood. 

 Carpinus virginiana Miller, Gord. Diet. Ed. 8. No. 4. 1768 [Virginia]. 



Frequent in the northern counties, very rare within our limits. 

 A single station on steep banks of the Delaware at Kinkora. 

 facing the north (B. Long). 



Pi. — ^Mid-April to late April, as the leaves begin to spread. 

 Pr. — Well grown by mid-summer, mature in early autumn. 

 Middle District. — Kinkora. 



CORYLUS L. 



Corylus americana Walt. Hazel-nut. 



Corylus americana Walter, Fl. Cor. 236. 1788 [South Carolina]. — Knieskern 

 28. — Britton 222. 



Thickets of the Northern and Middle districts; frequent. 



PL — Early March to early April, before the leaves. Pr. — 

 Well grown by mid-summer, l:)ut not commonl\- mature before 

 early autumn. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Eg^pt, Bordentown, Birmingham, 

 Pemberton Jnc. (S), Medford (S), Haddonfield, Mickleton, Swedesboro, 

 Yorktown, Quinton. 



BETULA L. 



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Betula populifolia Marsh. White BirchV'.^^tVf '■< 



Be tula populifolia Marshall, Arb. Am. 19. 1785 [New Jersoyf*=L'fM' 

 Betula alba var. populifolia Knieskern 29. 



Generally in moist ground, common northward and in the Pine 

 Barrens, less abundant and more local in the Middle rlistrict. 



This is a characteristic species of the coastal swamps and 

 eastern Pine Barrens. Its white trunks are always conspicuous 

 against the evergreens, particularly in winter. 



