374 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Damp ground ; frequent tliroughout the State, least abundant 

 in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Early September to mid-October. 



Middle District.— i^tw Egypt, Camden, Medford (S), Orchard (S), Had- 

 donfield, Lindenwold (S), Clementon, Swedesboro, Woodbury (P). 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Waretown, Whitings, Atco, Pleasant Mills, 

 Hammonton (Bassett), Egg Harbor City, Sea Isle Jnc. (S). 



Cape May. — Cold Spring. 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook (NB), Seaside Park (S), Coxes, Barnegat 

 City (L), Harvey Cedars (L), Ship Bottom (L), Spray Beach (L), Palermo 

 (S), Ocean View (S). 



Gyrostachys precox (Walt.). Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses. 



Limodorum precox Walter, Fl. Cor. 221. 1788 [South Carolina, probably 



Santee River]. 

 Speiranthes graminca var. prcccox Britton 231. 

 Gyrostachys prcccox Keller and Brown iii. 



Swamps and damp ground ; frequent in the Pine Barren, Cape 

 May and Coast districts, less so- in the Middle district. 



Besides G. vernalis we have a larger species of Ladies' Tresses 

 growing in wet bogs instead of damp sand and blooming later. 

 Structurally it differs in having the stem nearly glabrous above. 

 Mr. Oakes Ames in his monograph* has identified specimens 

 from several of our localities as G. prcecox, and we have so 

 regarded it. Dr. John K. Small, however, regards typical speci- 

 mens from Bennett as G. vernalis. As I do not feel able to unite 

 the two forms, I let them stand subject to further study. 



Fl. — Early August to late September. 



Middle District. — Seven miles west of Mickleton. 



Pine Barrens. — Atsion, Speedwell, Hospitality Br., Crowleytown, Quaker 

 Bridge (P). 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



Gyrostachys vernalis (Engelm. and Gray.). 



Speiranthes vernalis Engelmann and Gray, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. V. 236. 

 1845 [Galveston, Texas]. 



Rather frequent along the coast strip and rarely in the Pine 

 Barrens. 

 Fl. — Late June — early August. 



* Orchidaceae Ease. I., pp. 1 13-156. 



