46o REPOR'i' Ul- NICW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Comir.'on in woods and thickets throughout the State. 

 A characteristic tree of the Pine Barrens, occurring;- in a 

 dwarfed condition, even on the "Plains." 



Fl. — Mid-April to early May. Pr. — Late July to late August. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Arney's Mt. (S), Merchant- 

 ville, Medford, Springdalc (S), Kaighns Pt., Woodbury, Salem (S), Bridge- 

 ton (NB), Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — W. Plains (S), Bear Swamp (S), Landisville (T), Albion. 



Coast Strip. — Manahawkin, Barnegat, Cox's, Surf City (L), Barncgat City 

 Jnc. (L), Spray Beach (L), Atlantic City (S), Ocean City (S), Piermont 

 (S), Anglesea (UP). 



Cape May.— Cold Spring (S). 



BENZOIN Fabricius. 



Benzoin aestivale (Tv.). Spicewood. 



Laurus astivale Linnaeus Sp. PI. 369. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Benzoin odorifcrum Knieskern 27. 

 Lindera Benzoin Britton 213. 



Common in swamps throughout the State, except in the Pine 

 Barrens, though it follows the edge of tide water streams for 

 some distance inland. 



Fl. — Late March to late April. Fr. — Early September to early 

 October, persisting into winter. 



Middle District. — Shark River, Pt. Pleasant (S), New Egypt, Bordentown, 

 Birmingham, Moorestown, Merchantville, Medford (S), Delair, Sicklerville, 

 (S), Clementon (S), Albion, Oaklyn, Washington Park, Glassboro, Swedes- 

 boro, Quinton, Salem (S), Marlboro (NB), Yorktown, Landisville (Pine 

 Barrens?). 



Coast Strip. — Waretown, Barnegat, Manahawkin, Coxe's, Absecon (S), 

 Mays Landing (C). 



Cape May. — Goshen, Ct. House, three mi. W. Court House (S), Sluice 

 Creek (S)." 



Order PAPAVERALES. 



Family PAPAVERjACE^. Poppies, etc. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Plants with a milky juice, flowers red. [Papaver dubium]* 



aa. Plants with a yellow or orange juice. 



b. Erect branching herbs with yellow flowers. [Chelidoniiini inajus]'\ 



bb. Low; leaves and white flowers rising directly from the root. 



Sanguinaria canadensis, p. 461 



* Wild Poppy. A weed in field and waste places, not common in our range, 

 t Celandine. A frequent weed about houses and cultivated grounds in shady 

 ;spots. 



