448 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Coast Strip.—Suri City (L), Beesley's Pt. (S), Palermo (S), Piermont 

 (S), Anglesea (UP). 

 Cape May. — Court House. 



LIRIODENDRON L. 



Liriodendron tulipifera L. Tulip-tree. Tulip Poplar. 



PI. LXL, Fig. I. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera Linuseus, Sp. PI. 535. 1753 [North America]. — 

 Knieskern 6. — Willis 4. — Britton 41. 



A common tree in rich woodland of the Northern and Middle 

 districts and occasional in the Cape ^lay peninsula and Coast 

 strip. 



The term "poplar," for this tree is one of those unfortunate 

 misnomers which it seems impossible to dispose of. It, of course, 

 has nothing to do with the true Poplars. (Popiilns, p. 391.) 



Fl. — ^Late May to early June. Fr. — Early September, through 

 autumn. The axes of the cones, often with numerous carpels 

 attached, commonly persist over winter. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Birmingham, Medford (S), Haddonfield, 

 Lawnside (S), Glassboro, Sewell (S), Sicklerville (S), Albion. 

 Coast Strip. — Manahawkin, Barnegat. 

 Cape May. — Goshen (S), Sluice Creek (S), Court House, Cold Spring. 



Family ANNONACE^. Pawpaws. 



ASIMINA Adanson. 



Asimina triloba (L.). Papaw. 



Annona triloba Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 537. 1753 [Carolina]. 

 Asimina triloba Britton 41. — Keller and Brown 146. 



A southern species, apparently very rare in the State. The 

 only records are those given in Britton's Catalogue : "Abundant 

 along Crosswicks Creek, Mercer Co. (C. C. Abbott) ; Ridge's 

 Island, Delaware River, Hunterdon Co. (Best) ; Thompsontown, 

 near Mays Landing, Atlantic Co. (Bassett)." 



I have been unable to find any specimens from the State or to 

 see the tree growing. 



Family RANUNCULACE^. Buttercups, etc. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Fruit consisting of heads of dry follicles. 



b. Leaves reniform, basal, flowers of yellow, petal-like sepals. 



Caltha palnstris, p. 450 



bb. Leaves large, ternately compound ; flowers white in a slender, erect 



raceme. Ciinicifuga racemosa, p. 451 



