PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 699 



Maritime. — Surf City (L), Barnegat City Jnc. (L), Tucker's (L), Absecon, 

 Somer's Pt., Palermo, Anglesea, Cape May Court House, Cape May. 



Plantago rugelii Dene. Rugel's Plantain. 



Plantago Rugelii Decaisne in D. C. Prodr. XIII. pt. i. 700. 1852 [Decatur, 

 Alabama]. — Britton 203. 



Reported from the Middle and Coast districts, and probably- 

 found also in the northern counties ; generally confused with P. 

 major and apparently largely or entirely a weed. 



Fr. — June into October. 



Plantago decipiens Barneoud. Seaside Plantain. 



Plantago decipens Barneoud, Mon. Plant. 16. 1845 [Labrador]. — Britton 



203. 

 Plantago maritima Knieskern 21. — Willis 40. — Keller and Brown 298. 



Frequent along the salt marshes of the coast, reaching here 

 the southern limit of its distribution. Has also been found in 

 a swamp on the Palisades between Guttenburg and Bull's Ferry. 



Pr. — July into October. 



Maritime. — Pt. Pleasant, Brigantine, St. Albans (L), Half-way House 

 south of Bond's (L), Absecon, Atlantic City, Ocean City, Palermo, Wild- 

 wood, Cape May (OHB). 



Plantago virginica L. Dwarf Plantain. 



Plantago virginica Linnseus, Sp. PI. 113. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton, PI. Phila. 

 I. 89. 1818. — Knieskern 21. — Britton 204. 



Common in open sandy ground throughout the Middle and 

 Cape May districts, and occasional on the coast; seldom ranging 

 above the fall line, except along the Delaware River. Often 

 occurs as a weed in cultivated ground and may, no doubt, be 

 introduced into the Pine Barrens in this way. 



Fr. — May into June or July. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Crosswicks, Greenville, Kinkora, Medford 

 (S), Woodbury, Woodbury Hts., Mickleton, Mantua, Glassboro, Bridgeton 

 (S). 



Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L). 



Cape Ma3?.— Cape May (OHB). 



