PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 753 



Coast Strip.— Barnegat, Cox's, Surf City (L), Ship Bottom (L), Barne- 

 gat City (L), Spray Beach (L), Atlantic City (S), Avalon, Wildwood. 

 Cape May. — Bennett, Cold Spring (S), Cape May. 



BOLTON lA L'Heritier. 



Boltonia asteroides (L.). Aster-like Boltonia. 



Matricaria asteroides Linnaeus, Mantissa ii6. 1767 [Pennsylvania "Barth- 



ram"]. 

 Boltonia asterioidcs Long, Torreya 1908, 16. 



Open swamps in the southwestern part of the Cape May- 

 peninsula. First discovered in a swamp west of Bennett by 

 Mr. Bayard Long July 24, 1907, and later found by the writer 

 near Green Creek. Like many other plants peculiar to the Cape 

 May region, it pushes up the Susquehanna Valley into Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Fl. — Mid-August to mid-September. 

 Cape May. — Bennett, Green Creek. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees. 



Sericocarpus linifolius (L.). Narrow-leaved White-top Aster. 



Conysa linifolia Linnaeus Sp. PI. 861. 1753 [North America]. 

 Aster Solidaginoides Barton, Fl. Phila. IL log. 1818. 

 Seriocarpus solidagineus Knieskern 17. — Willis 30. 

 Sericocarpus linifolius Britton 136. — Keller and Brown 326. 



Frequent in dry sandy woods of the Pine Blarrens, also occa- 

 sional in similar situations in the Cape May and Coast districts, 

 and locally in the Middle district, ranging north of our limits 

 to a few stations in Bergen, Middlesex, Hunterdon and Mercer 

 Counties. 



Fl. — Mid-June to mid-August, 



Middle District.—Shavk River, Farmingdale (S), Mickleton (C). 



Pine Barrens. — Brindletown, Bamber, Manahawkin, Chatsworth, Speedwell 

 (S), Atsion, Cedar Brook, Inskip, Folsom, Landisville, Richland (NB), 

 Hammonton (C), Egg Harbor City, Tuckahoe (S). 



Coast Strip. — Anglesea. 



Cape May. — Fishing Creek. 



Sericocarpus asteroides (L.). White-top Aster. 



Conyza Asteroides Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 861. 1753 [North America]. 

 Aster conyzoides Barton, Fl. Phila. IL 109. 1818. 

 Aster conyzoides var. plantaginifolius Nuttall Gen. IL 158. 1818. 

 Sericocarpus conyzoides, Knieskern 17. 

 Sericocarpus asteroides Britton 326. 

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