PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 459 



Middle District. — Farmingdale (S), New Egypt, Hartford, Riverside, 

 Springdale (S), Washington Park, Swedesboro, Yorktown. 

 Coast Strip. — Toms River (S), Ct. House, Cape May, Cold Spring. 



Family BERBERIDACE*^. May Apple, etc. 



PODOPHYLLUM L. 



Podophyllum peltatum L. May Apple. 



Podophyllum peltatum Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 505. 1753 [N. America]. — Willis 5. 

 — Britton 42. 



Commjon in moist woods in the northern counties; rare and 

 local southward in the Middle district and southern Cape May 

 peninsula. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-May. Fr. — Mature during August, 

 commonly after the foliage has perished. 



Middle District.— Uo\mdel (C), Pt. Pleasant (C), Cream Ridge (Willis), 

 New Egypt, Bordentown, Kinkora, Camden Co. (C), Gloucester (H), York- 

 town, Swedesboro, Quinton, Elsinboro (C), Shilo (C). 



Cape May.— Cold Spring (OHB). 



Family MENISPERMACE^. Moonseed. 



MENISPERMUM L. 



Menispermum canadense L. Canada Moonseed. 



Menispermum canadense Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 340. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 

 —Barton, Fl. Phila. H. 199. 1818.— Britton 42. 



Common in moist woods and thickets in the northern counties 

 and frequent in the Middle district and Cape May peninsula. 



Its fruit is conspicuous in September, bearing a striking resem- 

 blance to chicken grapes. 



Fl. — Early June to early July. Fr. — Late August to late 

 September. 



Middle District. — Sandy Hook (NB), Farmingdale, New Egypt, Holmdel 

 (C), Medford (S), Camden (O), Gloucester (P), Red Bank, Swedesboro, 

 Woodstown (NB). 



Cape May.— Cape May (OHB). 



Fan^ily LAURACE^. Sassafras. 



SASSAFRAS Nees and Ebermaier. 



Sassafras sassafras L. Sassafras. 



Laurus Sassafras Linnaeus Sp.Pl. 371. 1753 [Virginia, Carolina and Florida]. 

 Sassafras officinale Knieskern 27. — Britton 213. 



