390 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUfSEUM. 



//. Plant erect, low and shrubby. 



m. Leaves short, awl-like or close 

 appressed and scale-like. 



Hudsonia, p. 560 



mm. Leaves scattered, linear or 



lanceolate, plant slender, flowers 



in an open panicle. Linum, p. 517 



kkk. Flowers white or pinkish, in a naked 



spike, leaves close together in a sort of 



whorl at the base, thick and more or 



less evergreen. Pyrolacca, p. 608 



Series I. CHORIPETAL/E. 

 Order PIPERALES. 



Family SAlURURACE^E. Lizard Tails. 



SAURURUS L. 



Saururus cernuus L. Lizard's Tail. 



Saururus cernuus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 341. 1753 [Maryland and Virginia]. — 

 Knieskern 27. — Britton 212. — Keller and Brown 114. 



In swamps, often growing in water ; frequent in the Northern, 

 Middle and Cape May districts and occasional on the coast strip. 

 Absent from' the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late June to early Atigust. Fr. — Late summer into 

 autumn. 



Middle DUtrict.—Mediord (S), Kaighns Swamp (P), Red Bank (P), 

 Washington Park, Mickleton. 

 Coast Strip. — Palermo (S). 

 Cape May. — Goshen (S), Court House, Nummeytown, Cold Spring. 



Order SALICALES. 



Family SALICACE^E. Willows and Poplars. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bracts fimbriate or incised leaves as broad as long. 

 h. Petioles terete, not strongly flattened. 



c. Leaves dark green above, white wooly beneath, coarse toothed. 



[Populus alha]* 

 cc. Leaves glabrous when mature, ovate, denticulate. 



' P. heterophylla, p. 391 



* The White or Silver Poplar is a frequent introduction about old houses, 

 often increasing enormously by suckers and forming dense thickets where 

 neglected. Some old deserted houses in the Pine Barrens have been com- 

 pletely enveloped by these trees, the suckers even forcing their way through 

 the rotten floors. 



