PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 617 



Throughout the State, except on the Cape May peninsula, 

 where we have no record south of Goshen. Common in both dry 

 and moist situations ; an abundant plant in the Pine Barrens. 



The Pines seem to be the chosen land of the Ericaceae, which 

 abound there both in species and individuals. As we visit them 

 in early spring in search of the finest Arbutus that I know of, so 

 by the end of June we may be sure of finding the greatest dis- 

 play of Laurel that can be found anywhere in the Middle State? 

 even on the mountains themselves, which are supposed to be its 

 proper home. It is snow white in shady spots and reaches a 

 height of six to eight feet, while in open ground, even out on the 

 plains, it grows in low rounded bushes with flowers of the deepest 

 pink. Unfortunately, the demand for bushes to plant on the 

 estates of the wealthy has caused the nurseryman to nearly ex- 

 terminate it in some parts of South Jersey, and many car loads 

 have been hauled out of the State. 



Fl. — Late May to late June. Fr. — Late August into autumn. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Crosswicks, Birmingham, Ar- 

 ney's Mt. (S), Medford (S), Washington Park, Eight miles from Mickleton, 

 Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Bayhead, Toms River, Brown's Mills, Bamber. Forked 

 River, Barnegat, Manahawkin, West Creek, East Plains, W. Plains (S), 

 Coxe's, Bear Swamp (S), Sumner, Albion, Atco, Andrews, Cedar Brook, 

 Williamstown Jnc, Landisville (T), Hammonton (Bassett), Mays Landing, 

 Manumuskin, Tuckahoe, Dennisville (OHB). 



LEUCOTHOE D. Don. 



Leucothoe racemosa (L.). Swamp Leucothoe. 



PI. C, Fig. I. 

 Andromeda racemosa Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 394. 1753 [Pennsylvania]. — Barton, 



Fl. Phila. 198. 1818. 

 Leucothoe racemosa Knieskern 20. — Willis 38. — Britton 160. — Keller and 



Brown 247. 



Frequent in mooist thickets throughout the coastal plain, ex- 

 cept on the coast islands, where we have no records, also at 

 several stations in the uplands of the northern counties. 



The long one-sided racemes remind one of the ChamcB daphne, 

 but they are much less conspicuous, blooming when the leaves are 

 well developed. 



Fl. — Mid-May to late June. Fr. — Late September through 

 autumn. 



