PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 493 



CERCIS L. 

 Cercis canadensis L. Red-bud. Judas Tree. 



Cercis canadensis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 374. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 90. 



Rich woods, usually on hills bordering rivers. Locally on the 

 upper Delaware, and at Rocky Hill on the upper Raritan, ac- 

 cording to Dritton's Catalogue. Known within our limits only 

 from, records at Bordentown (H. C. Stokes), and between Cam- 

 den and Gloucester (C. F. Parker). These New Jersey stations 

 constitute the northern limit of the species east of the KWo.- 

 ghanies. 



PI. — Late April to mid-May. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (C), Between Camden and Gloucester (P). 



CASSIA L. 

 Cassia nictitans L. Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia nictitans Linnaeus, Sp. PI- 380. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Brit- 

 ton 90. 



Open sandy ground ; locally in the northern part of the State 

 and common throughout the southern portion, except in the 

 Pine Barrens, where it seems to have intruded from West 

 Jersey. 



This is a characteristic plant of the Middle district, but with 

 a strong tendency to becom-e a weed, spreading over railroad 

 embankments and in cultivated ground. 



PI. — Late July to mid-September. Pr. — Early September to 



late October. 



Middle District.— Ntw Egypt, Medford (S), Blackwood, Fish House, 

 Washington Park, Mickleton. 



Pine 5anvw.y.— Landisville (probably as weed), Malaga (P). 



Coast Strip.— Barnegat City Jnc. (L), Ocean City (S), Cold Spring. 



Cassia chamaecrista L. Large-flowered Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia Chamcecrista Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 379- ^7SZ [Jamaica, Barbadoes and 

 Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Britton 90. 



Distribution and abundance as in the last, of which it is 

 essentially a larger edition. 



The foliage is similar, but the very much larger flowers make 

 it a much more consi^icuous plant. 



