5i6 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



the few Pine Barren records, and possibly for those north of the 



coastal plain. 



Fl. — Early May to early June. Fr. — Early June to late June. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Beverly, Medford (S), Camden, Washington 

 Park, Gloucester. 

 Pine Barrens. — Landisville (T), Pleasant Mills. 

 Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L). 



Family OXALIDACE^. Wood Sorrels. 



Key to the Species. 

 a. Flowers violet. Oxalis violacea, p. 5ifi 



aa. Flowers yellow. 



b. Peduncles mostly 2-flowered, pedicels appressed-pubescent, depressed 

 in fruit. 



c. Stem with closely appressed short hairs. O. stricta, p. 516 



cc. Stem with loose spreading wooly pubescence. O. £lipes, p. 516 



bb. Peduncles mostly several flowered, pedicels ascending, their pubescence 



sparse, spreading. 0. cymosa, p. 517 



OXALIS L. 



Oxalis violacea L. Violet Wood Sorrel. 



Oxalis violacea Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 434. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. — Knies- 

 kern 10. — Britton yz- 



Frequent in moist woods of the northern counties ; rare and 

 local southward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Early May to early June. Fr. — Not seen, apparently 

 rare. 



Middle Distrct.—^hzrk River (Kn), Squan (Kn), Pemberton (NB), 

 Swedesboro, Bridgeton (S). 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



Oxalis stricta L. Yellow Wood Sorrel. 



Oxalis stricta Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 435. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Oxalis corniculata var. stricta Britton y^- 



Common throughout the State, except in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late April apparently into September. Fr. — Late May 

 apparently into October. 



Middle District. — Medford (S), Woodbury, Lindenwold, Millville. 



Coast Strip.— Bt2ic\i Haven (L), Barnegat City Jnc. (L), Tuckahoe, Stone 

 Harbor. 



Cape May. — Bennett, Cold Spring. 



Oxalis filipes Small. Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel. 



Oxalis miipes Small, Britton and Brown, III Flora. H. 346 [Virginia to 

 Georgia] . 



