704 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Found only in damp open groimd in the lower part of the Cape 

 May peninsula from Cape May to Dias Creek. First discovered 

 in the State apparently by Parker and Read in 1871. 



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

 October. 



Cape May. — Cape May, Dias Creek. 



GALIUM L. 

 Galium aparine L. Cleaveris. 



PL CXVI., Fig. I. 

 Galium Aparina Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 108. 1753 [Europe]. — Britton 126. 



Moist woods and thickets ; common in the northern counties 

 and frequent in the Middle and Coast districts ; occasional on 

 the Cape May peninsula. 



Fl. — Early May to early June. Fr. — Late May to late June. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Beverly, Pemberton (NB), Medford (S), 

 Sewell (S), Mickleton, Pitman, Riddleton, Elsinboro (C). 



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

 Barnegat City (L). 



Cape May.— Qo\A Spring (OHB). 



Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. 



PI. CXVIII., Fig. I. 



Galium pilosum Aiton, Hort, Kew. I. 145. 1789 [North America]. — Knies- 

 kern 17. — Britton 126. 



Frequent throughout the Middle, Coast and Cape May dis- 

 tricts, ranging up the Ddaware to Warren County, and on the 

 Kittatinny Mountain. Two records from the Pine Barrens are 

 in cultivated districts, and the plants may have been introduced, 

 as all the other Pine Barren specimens belong to the following, 

 which seems to replace true pilosum in that district. 



Fl. — Late June to late July. Fr. — Late August into October. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Florence Heights, Arney's Mt. (S). Med- 

 ford (S), Fairton (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Hammonton (Bassett), Landisville. 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook, Pt. Pleasant (S), Manahawkin, Surf City (L), 

 Atlantic City, Palermo, Stone Harbor, Anglesea. 



Cape May. — Two miles west Court House (S), Dennisville (S), Bennett 

 (S), Cold Spring (OHB). 



