PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 583 



Epilobium coloratum Muhl. Purple-leaved Willow-herb. 



Epilobium coloratum Muhlenberg in Willdenow, Enum. I. 411. 1809 [Penn- 

 sylvania]. — Knieskern 14. — Britton 109. 



Damp ground throughout the State; common. 

 Fl. — Late July to early September. Pr. — Mid-August to early 

 October. 



Middle District.— '!<lew Egypt, Delanco, Medford (S), Oaklyn (S), Lawn- 

 side (S), Salem (S), Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens.— Whitings (S), Landisville, Quaker Bridge (S), Tuckahoe 

 (S). 



Coast Strip.— Seaside Park, Spray Beach (L), Surf City (L), Beach Haven 

 (L), Holgate's (L), Absecon (S), Ocean City (S), Wildwood (UP). 



Cape May.— Green Creek (S), Bennett (S), Cold Spring (OHB). 



OENOTHERA L. 



CEnothera biennis (L.). Evening Primrose. 



CBnothera biennis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 346 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 14. — Britton 

 109. 



Dry open ground ; common in the Northern, Middle and Coast 

 districts south to Cape May. To a great extent a weed in waste 

 and cultivated ground, and in that character occasional in the 

 Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late June into October. Fr. — Late July through autumn. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Edge of Bear Swamp, Fish House. 



Coast Strip. —Sandy Hook (NB), Asbury Park, Barnegat City (L), Ship. 

 Bottom (L), Crowleytown, Absecon, Ocean City (S), Palermo (S), Pier- 

 mont (S), Wildwood, Cold Spring (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Landisville (introduced). 



CEnothera humifusa Nutt. Seaside Primrose. 



CBnothera humifusa Nuttall, Gen. L 245. 1818 [near Cumberland Island, 

 Fla.] — Britton no. — Keller and Brown 233. 



Frequent on the sand dunes and upper beaches of the southern 

 coast. 



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

 October. 



Coast Strip.— Ocean City, Anglesea, Holly Beach (T), Cape May. 



CEnothera laciniata Hill. Sinuate-leaved Primrose. 



CEnothera laciniata Hill, Veg. Syst. XH. 64. 1767 [CaroHna].— Keller and 



Brown 233. 

 CEnothera sinuata Barton, Fl. Phila. L 182. 1818.— Willis 24.— Brittoa IIO. 

 CEnothera sinuata var. minima Nuttall, Gen. i. 182. 1818. — Britton IIO. 



