392 REPORT. OF NEW JERSEY STATE, MUSEUM. 



Long on the edge of the salt marsh near Cape May Court House, 

 August 13, 191 1. 



Middle District. — Low woods on Delaware Bay, June 27, 1880, Commons 

 (NB), evidently the basis of the Fortesque Beach record in Britton's cata- 

 logue. 



Coast Strip. — Cape May Ct. House. 



Populus grandidentata Michx. Large-toothed Aspen. 



Populus grandidentata Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. II. 243. 1803 [Canada]. — 

 Britton 227. — Keller and Brown 115. 



Woodland ; comlmon in the norther counties ; casual southward 

 in all districts. Probably introduced in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — 'Early April to mid-April, appearing before the leaves. 

 Pr. — Early jMay to mid-(May. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale (S), Shark River, Holmdel (C), Phalanx 

 (NB), Birmingham, Bordentown, Moorestown (C), Griffith's Swamp (NB), 

 Woodbury, Glassboro, Mickleton (KB), Swedesboro (KB), Yorktown. 



Pine Barrens. — Bamber, Albion, Andrews, Atco (C), Winslow Jnc, Batsto. 



Coast Strip. — Barnegat City (L). 



Cape May. — Whitesboro (S). 



Populus tremuloides Michx. American Aspen. 



Populus tremuloides Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. II. 243. 1803 [Canada and 

 New York]. — Knicskcrn 29. — Britton 227. — Keller and Brown 115. 



Woodland; common in the northern counties; rare within our 

 limits and apparently confined to the Middle and Coast districts. 



Fl. — Late March to early AjDril, before the leaves. Fr. — 

 Late April to early May. 



Middle District. — Navesink Highlands (UP), Farmingdale. Browns Mills, 

 Mt. Holly, Griffiths (P), Andrews. 

 Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook, Barnegat City (L). 



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Flowering and Fruiting Data. — ^The flowers appear in spring 

 before, or while, the leaves expand. The fruit matures rapidly, 

 generally before the leaves are fully expanded. The leaves 

 scarcely reach maturity before summer. 



Salix nigra Marsh. Black Willow. 



Salix nigra Marshall, Arb. Am. 139. 1785 [Eastern U. S.].— Knieskern 29.--- 

 Britton 226. — Keller and Brown ir6. 



