776 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



records to substantiate themi. The plant, moreover, does not 

 occur on the sea beaches south of Point Pleasant so far as I can 

 ascertain, though Nuttall recorded it from "Islands of Egg 

 Harbor." 



Fl. — Late July to late August. 



Middle District. — Keyport (C), Shark River (P), Burlington, Beverly, 

 Pemberton (P), Mt. Holly (C), Berkeley, Two miles from Mickleton, Wood- 

 bury, Bridgeton (P). 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook, Manasquan, Pt. Pleasant (S). 



ERECHTITES Rafinesque. 



Erechtites hieracifolia (L.). White Fireweed. 



Senecio hieracifolia Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 866. 1753 [North America]. 

 Erechtites hieracifolia Knieskern 19. — Britton 149. 



In low grounds, and as a weed in clearings ; frequent through- 

 out the State, but original distribution not now ascertainable. 

 Apparently not native in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late July into September. 



MESADENIA Rafinesque. 



IViesadenia reniformis (Muhl.). Great Indian Plantain. 



Cacalia reniformis "Mulhenberg" Willdenow, Sp. PI. HI. 1735. 1804 [Penn- 

 sylvania]. — Britton 150. 

 Mesadenia reniformis Keller and Brown 342. 



Only recorded from the vicinity of Camden on the Delaware. 



Fl. — Probably late June to mid-July. 



Middle District. — Camden. 



IViesadenia atriplicifolia (L.). Pale Indian Plantain. 



Cacalia atriplicifolia Linnseus, Sp. PI. 835 [Virginia and Canada]. — Britton 

 150. 



Locally on the edges of woods in the Middle district and 

 northward along the Delaware. 



Fl. — Mid- July to late August. 



Middle District.— Wateriord (NB), New Egypt, Riverton, Palmyra (NB), 

 Haddonfield (P), Locust Grove (S), Kaighns Pt., Blackwood, Swedesboro. 



SYNOSMA Rafinesque. 



Synosma suaveolans (L.). Sweet-scented Indian Plantain. 



Cacalia suaveolans Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 835 [Virginia and Canada]. — Willis 34- 



Britton 150. 

 Synosma suaveolans Keller and Brown 342. 



