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Middle District. — Farmingdale, Arney's Mt. (S), Delair, Fish House (S), 

 Medford (S), Washington Park, Glassboro, Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Davenport, Brown's Mills, Forked River, Speedwell (S), 

 Jackson, Cedar Brook, Malaga (P), Landisville, Hammonton (Bassett), Pan- 

 coast (S). 



Cape May.— Comi House (S), Cold Spring (OHB). 



PIERIS D. Don. 



Pieris mariana (L.). Stagger-bush. 



Andromeda mariana Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 393. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton, Fl. 



Phila. 197. 1818. — Knieskern 20. — WilHs 38. — Britton 247. 

 Pieris mariana Keller and Brown 247. 



Common in sandy ground throughout the Coastal plain, al- 

 though not noted south of Dennisville on the Cape May penin- 

 sula. Also at a few points in the uplands of the northern counties. 



The flowers of this little bush are the largest and handsomest 

 of any of the urn-shaped blooms so frequent among the Huckle- 

 berries and Ericaceous shrubs. 



Their dense white masses form one of the attractive features 

 of the sandy road — I will not say roadsides, for they grow quite 

 as frequently in the midde — in June. 



Fr. — Late May to late June. Fr. — Early September through 

 autumn. 



Middle District. — Matawan (NB), Farmingdale, New Egypt, Arney's Mt. 

 (S), Pemberton (NB), Medford, Lawnside (S), Washington Park, Linden- 

 wold (S), Mickleton, Mantua, Sewell (S), Glassboro (S), Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Pt. Pleasant, Davenport, Toms River (S), Brown's Mills, 

 Forked River, Tuckerton, Manahawkin, East Plains, West Plains (S), Speed- 

 well, Tabernacle, Bear Swamp (S), Albion, Williamstown Jnc, Atco, Cedar 

 Brook, Landisville, Hammonton (Bassett), Egg Harbor City, Mays Landing, 

 Dennisville (S). 



Coast 5"^n>.— Holgate's (L), Spray Beach (L), Surf City (L), Peahala 

 (L), Sherburn's (L), Beach Haven Crest (L). 



XOLISMA Rafinesque. 



Xolisma ligustrina (L.). Privet Andromeda. 



Vaccinium ligustrina Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 351. 1753 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Andromeda paniculata Barton, Fl. Phila. 198. 1818. 

 Andromeda ligustrina Knieskern 20. — Britton 161. 

 Xolisma ligustrina Keller and Brown 247. 



Frequent throughout the State, usually in moist thickets; very- 

 common in the Pine Barrens. 



While the flowers are the smallest of any of the Andromeda- 

 like shrubs, they are sometimes born in such masses as to be 



