438 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Frequent in dry sandy soil in the upper part of the Middle 

 district and on some of the coast islands. North of our limit in 

 the State it occurs only in the Middle district, but grows locally 

 beyond the fall line in Pennsylvania. This is a beautiful and 

 characteristic West Jersey plant, easily recognized by its bright 

 pink flowers, sticky pedicels and general rosette-like habit. 



Fl. — Early May to mid-June. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Browns Mills, Birmingham, Pemberton (C), 

 Evansville (C), Medford (S), Locust Grove (S), Beverly, Washington Park, 

 Fancy Hill, Mantua (H), Camden (CP). 



Coast Strip. — Piermont, Five-Mile Beach. 



Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. 



Silene antirrhina Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 419. 1753 [Virginia and Carolina]. — 

 Barton Fl. Phila. L 211. 1818. — Knieskern 9. — Britton 61. 



Frequent in the Northern and Middle districts and occasional 

 in the Pine Barrens. 



It has become so much of a weed that its true distribution can- 

 not now be determined. 



Fl. — Late May to late June. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Beverly, Burlington, Red Bank, Sewell (S), 

 Pitman, Swedesboro. 

 Pine Barrens. — Landisville (T), Mays Landing (NB), introduced, probably. 

 Coast Strip. — Cedar Bonnet (L). 



ALSINE L. 



Alsine uliginosa (Murr.). Marsh Chickweed. 



Stellaria uliginosa Murray, Prodr. Goett. 55. 1770 [Vicin. Goettengen]. — 

 Britton 63. 



In springs and small brooks at several stations in the northern 

 counties and rarely southward, entering our area along the Dela- 

 ware River. 



Fl. — Early May to early September. 



Middle District.— De\anco, Riverton (C), [Dr. Jos. Stokes, 1882]. 



Alsine longifolia (Muhl.). Long-leaved Chickweed. 



Stellaria longifolia Muhlenberg, in Willd. Enum. Hort. Ber. 479. 1809 

 [Pennsylvania]. — Britton 63. 



Common in swamps and meadows of the northern counties, 

 and south locally in the Middle district. 

 Fl. — Mid-May to mid-June. 



