PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 403 



Common in woodlands of the Northern and upper Middle 

 districts, rarer southward to Cape May County. 



In certain parts of Camden County, near to the Delaware, there 

 are considerable areas of almost pure Beech forest, practically 

 devoid of underbrush.* 



Fl. — Late April to early May, when leaves are fully expanded. 

 Fruit matures by late July or early August, soon dropping. 



Middle Z>i\y?nV/.— Freehold (Willis), Squam and Shark River (Kn.), Pt. 

 Pleasant (S), Birmingham, Arneys Mt. (S), New Egypt, Medford (S), 

 Oaklyn (S), Woodbury, Mickleton, Fairton (S). 



Coast Strip. — Manahawkin. 



Cape May.— Sluice Creek (S), Cold Spring (OHB). 



CASTANEA Adanson. 



Castanea dentata (Marsh.). Chestnut. 



Fagus-Castanea dentata Marshall, Arb. Am. 46. 1785 [Eastern U. S.]. 



Castanea vesca Knieskern 28. 



Castanea sativa var. ainericana Britton 224. 



Common in woods of the Northern and parts of the Aliddle 

 districts, rare in Cape May County and in the Coast strip. 



PI. — Late June to mid-July, when the leaves are fully ex- 

 panded. Fr. — Matures late September or during October. 



Middle District. — Shark River (Kn.), Farmingdale, Squan (Kn.), New 

 Egypt, Fish House (S), Paulsboro, Repaupo, Medford (S), Albion, Mickle- 

 ton, Sicklerville (S), Bridgeton (C), Fairton (C), Yorktown. 



Coast Strip. — Waretown, Manahawkin. 



Cape May. — Sluice Creek (S). 



Castanea pumila (L.). Chinquapin. 



Fagus pumila Linn?eus, Sp. PI. 998. 1753 [North America]. — Pursh, Fl. Am. 



Sept. II. 625. 1814. 

 Castanea pumila Britton 224. — Keller and Brown 121. 



Locally in the Middle district from Mercer to Salem Counties. 

 Fl. — Early June to early July, when the leaves are fully ex- 

 panded. Fr. — Matures during September. 



Middle District. — Clarksboro, Tomlin, Mickleton, Swedesboro, Jericho (C), 

 Pennsgrove (S). 



* The Coastal Plain Beech should be F. g. caroliniana Loudon (cf. Rehder. 

 Rhodora 1907, p. 114), but I fail to separate it from the northern form. 



