PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 697 



perhaps R. parviflora (Nees), but in the absence of authentic 

 specimens of this species for comparison I have retained the 

 name heretofore given to the New Jersey plant. 



Fl. — Mid- July to early Augxist, rarely later. 



Cape May. — Court House, Cold Spring. 



DIANTHERA L. 



Dianthera americana L. Water Willow. 



Dianthera americana Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 27. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 193. — 



Keller and Brown 297. 

 Justicia pedunculosa Barton, Fl. Phila. I. 9. 1818. 



In shallow^ water, locally along the Delaware River north to 

 Bordentown, and on the Raritan. This is another of the plants 

 that push up the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania and to a less 

 degree up the Delaware c.f. Lippia, Boltonia, Bnpatorium coeles- 

 tinuDi, etc. 



Fl. — Early June to late August. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (NB), Redbank, Swedesboro.* 



Family PHRYMACE^. Lopseed. 



PHYRMA L. 



Phryma leptostachya L. Lopseed. 



Phryma leptostachya Linnaeus, Sp. PI 601. 1753 [North America]. — Knies- 

 kern 23. — Britton 194. 



Woods; frequent in the northern counties; rare and local 

 within our limits in the Middle and lower Cape May districts. 



Fl. — Early July to late August. Fr. — Early August to late 

 September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Blackwood, Swedesboro, Gloucester (P). 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



*Mr. Jahn's record for Five-Mile Beach, given in Keller and Brown's list, 

 was due to a confusion of names. Lippia was the plant he had in mind. 



