654 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Frequent in moist soil; Northern, Middle and Coast districts 

 south to Cape May; most common along streams and on the 

 juncture of the salt marshes and sand dunes along the coast. 



Fl. — Early June to late August, sporadically into September. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Delair, Washington Park, Mickleton, 

 Salem (S), Beaver Dam. 



Pine Barrens. — Landisville (T). 



Coast Strip.— Earn&g2ii City (L), St. Albans (L), Spray Beach (L), Surf 

 City (L), Atlantic City (S), Ocean City, Piermont (S), Wildwood (UP), 

 Cold Spring (S), Cape May (S), Cape May Pt. (S). 



Convolvulus sepium repens L. 



Convolvulus repens Linn^us, Sp. PI. 158. 1753 [America, on the coast]. 

 Tolerably common along the Coast strip. 

 Fl. — Probably as in the last. 



Coast Strip.— Long Branch, Barnegat City (L), Spray Beach (L), Surf 

 City (L), Beach Haven (L), Stone Harbor, Wildwood, Cape May (OHB). 



Family CUSCUTACE^. Dodders. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Stigmas elongated; capsule circumscissile. [Cuscuta epithymum]* 



aa. Stigmas capitate ; capsule indehiscent. 

 b. Sepals united. 



c. Capsule depressed, globose. 



d. Flowers in globular clusters, corolla persistent at the base 

 of the capsule. C. arvensis, p. 655 



dd. Flowers in panicled, often densely compound cymes, corolla 

 withering on the summit of the large capsule. 



C. cephalanthi, p. 655 



cc. Capsule pointed, capped by the persistent corolla, flowers in loose 



panicled cymes. C. gronovii, p. 655 



bb. Sepals distinct, five, capsule capped by the persistent corolla, flowers 



in sessile, densely-compact clusters. C. compacta, p. 655 



These curious parasites are quite conspicuous, especially in the 

 swamps of the Middle district, where their brig-ht orange, naked 

 stems may be seen trailing about over the shrubs and tall herbs, 

 attaching themselves to the stems and branches. The group has 

 received but little critical study in our region and further col- 

 lections may alter our ideas upon the relative abundance and 

 distribution of the several species. (Cf. Matthew Bull. Torr. 

 Bot. Club XX. 310.) 



* Clover Dodder. Introduced on clover. 



