434 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Sands of the sea beaches; apparently local and not comnvon. 

 Not reix)rted from south of Sea Isle City in New Jersey. 

 Fr. — Early August into September. 



Maritime. — Long Branch, Barnegat City (L), Long Beach Island on New 

 Inlet (L), Tucker's (L), Brigantine, Atlantic City, Sea Isle City (P), Cape 

 May Ct. House. 



ACNIDA L. 

 Acnida cannabina L. Water Hemp. 



Acnida cannabina Linnrens, Sp. PI. 1027. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton Fl. 

 Phila. II. 193. 1818. — Britton 205. — Keller and Brown 136. 



Common along- the coast marshes and up the Delaware at 

 least as far as our limits. 



Fl. — Mid-August to late September. Fr. — Late August to 

 early October. 



Middle District. — Kinkora (NY), Fish House, Kaighn's Pt., Camden, 

 Washington Park, Salem (S), Millville. 



Coast Strip. — Forked River, Barnegat Pier, Manahawkin, Harvey Cedars 

 (L), Anglesea, Cold Spring (S), Cape May, Tuckahoe (S). 



Cape May. — Dennisville (S). 



Family PHYTOLACCACE^. Poke. 



PHYTOLACCA L. 



Phytolacca decandra L. Poke. 



Phytolacca decandra Linnjeus, Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 631- 1762 [Virginia]. — Knies- 

 kern 25. Britton 208. 



River shores and waste ground, especially in the Middle and 

 Cape May districts ; common also on the coastal islands. The 

 Poke, while supposedly native of this region, has become such 

 a thorough weed that all trace of its original habitat has been 

 lost. 



Fl. — Mid-June into autumn. Fr. — Mid-August into autumn. 



Flowering and fruiting continuously until cut down by frost. 



Family AIZOACE^. Carpet weed, etc. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Fleshy seacoast herbs, leaves spatulate, opposite. 



Sesuvium maritimum, p. 435 

 aa. Not fleshy, leaves mostly linear, verticillate. [Mollugo verticillata]* 



* Carpetvveed, a common prostrate weed of cultivated grounds. 



