PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 395 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Burlington, Merchantville (P), Garden 

 Lake, 4 mi. bel. Westville, Swedesboro, Yorktown, Andrews, Bridgeton 

 (NY), Salem Creek (C). 



Pine Barrens. — Allaire, Landisville. Winslow Jnc., Egg Harbor City (UP). 



Cape May. — Cold Spring. 



Saiix sericea Marsh. Silky Willow. 



Salix sericea Marshall, Arb. Am. 140. 1785 [Eastern U. S.]. — Willis 57. — 

 Britton 225. — Keller and Brown 118. 



Frequent in the Northern and upper Middle districts. 

 Fl. — Early April to late April, before or with the leaves. Fr. 

 — MidnMay to early June. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Delanco, Kaighns Pt. (UP). 



Salix lucida Muhl. Shining Willow. 



Saiix lucida Ivluhlenberg, Neue Schr. Ges. Nat- Fr. Berlin 1803 IV., p. 239 

 [Lancaster, Penna.]. 



Very rare within our range; reported from five stations in 

 the northern counties and from, Sandy Hook, where it was col- 

 lected October, 1897, by Mr. Alexander MacElwee. 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook. 



Order MYRICALES. 



Family MYRICACE.E. Bayberries. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves serrate or entire, no stipules. 



b. A large shrub or small tree, 30-45 dm. high, leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 often rusty with resinous dots, berries 2 mm. in diameter. 



M. cerifcra, p. 396 



bb. A shrub 6-24 dm. high, leaves broader, oblong, resinous dotted but 



green, berries 3-4 mm. in diameter. .1/. carolinensis, p. 395 



aa. Leaves pinnatifid, stipulate. . Cotnptonia, p. 396 



MYRICA L. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Bayberry. 



Myrica carolinensis Miller, Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 3. 1768 [Lower Caro- 

 lina]. 

 Myrica cerifera Knieskern 28. — Britton 220. — Keller and Brown 118. 



Low grounds, borders of swamps, etc. Casual in the Northern 

 and Middle districts ; frequent in the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May peninsula and abundant on the coast. 



