5i8 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Linum medium (Planch.). Stiff Yellow Flax. 



Linutn virginianum var. medium Planchon, Lond. Jour. Bot. VII. 480. 1&48 



[Canada, lacus Huron, prob. S. E. Ontario]. 

 Linum medium Keller and Brown 208. 



Comimon in sandy woods throughout our region, but probably 

 not north of the Coastal plain, especially abundant along the 

 Coastal district. 



Fl. — Late June to late August. Pr. — Mid-July to miid-Sep- 

 tember. 1 



Middle District. — New Egfypt, Swedcsboro, Yorktown. 



Pine Barrens. — Hammonton, Egg Harbor City. 



Coast Strip.— Ft. Pleasant, Mlanahawkin, West Creek (S), Barnegat City 

 (L), Spray Beach (L), Absecon (Bassett), Longport, Ocean City (S), 

 Palermo (S), Piermont (S), Stone Harbor, Anglesea, Wildwood (UP), 

 Cold Spring, Cape May (S). 



Linum fioridanum (Planch.). Florida Yellow Flax. 



Linum Virginianum var. Fioridanum Planchon, Lond. Jour. Bot. VII. 480. 

 1848 [Florida]. 



Dry ground in the Pine Barrens and coast strip; rather fre^ 

 quent. 



PL — iLate June to late August. Pr. — Mid-July to mad-Sep^ 

 tember. 



Pine Barrens. — Winslow Jnc. (S), Hammonton, Egg Harbor City, Tucka- 

 hoe (S). 

 Coast Strip.— West Creek (S), Cape May Ct. House (S), Cold Spring (S). 



Linum striatum Walt. Ridged Yellow Flax. 



Linum striatum Walter, Fl. Cor. 118. 1788 [So. Carolina]. — Willis 14. — 

 Britton 71. — Keller and Brown 208. 



Frequent in swampy ground throughout the State. 

 PL — ^Late June to mid- August. Pr. — 'Late July to early Sep- 

 tember. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Lindenwold, Camden, Swedesboro. 

 Pine Barrens.— ChatswoTth (S), Atsion (S), Braddocks Mill (S). 

 Coast Strip. — Manahawkin, Tuckerton, West Creek, Petersburg (S), Wild- 

 wood. 



Cape May. — Cape May Ct. House (S), Cape May. 



Family RUTACE^. Prickly Ash, etc. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Branches prickly, leaves 5-1 1 pennate. Zanthoxylum, p. 519 



aa. Branches not prickly, leaves 3-foliate. Ptelea, p. 519 



