PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 415 



URTICA L. 



Urtica gracilis Ait. Slender Nettle. 



Urtica gracilis Alton, Hort. Kew. III. 341- 1789 [Hudson Bay]. — Britton 

 217. — Keller and Brown 126. 



Comim'on in the northern counties, but barely enters our region. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (C).* 



URTICASTRUM Fabricius. 



Urticastrum divaricatum (L.). Wood Nettle. 



Urtica divaricatum Linnaeus, Sp. PL 985. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 

 Laportea canadensis Britton 218. 



Common in the northern counties, but rare within our limits, 

 occurring only along the Delaware and on the Coast. 

 PI. and Fr. — Mid- August to mid-September. 



Middle District.— KXnkora (NY), Delair, Fish House, Camden (CP), 

 Mullica Hill (C), Swedesboro, New Egypt. 



ADICEA Rafinesque. 



Adicea pumila (L.). Clearweed. 



Urtica pumila Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 984. 1753 [Canada]. 

 Pilea pumila Britton 218. 



Damp shady places; most common northward, but occurs 

 locally throughout the Middle district and in the Cape May 

 peninsula. 



Fl. and Fr. — Late July to late September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Birmingham, Hartford, Fish House, Kinkora 

 (NY), Springdale (S), c'lementon (NB), Oaklyn (S), Lawnside (S), 

 Washington Park. 



Cape May. — Cape May. 



BOEHMERIA Jacquin. 

 Boehmeria cylindrica (L.). False Nettle. 



Urtica cylindrica Linnc-eus, Sp. PI. 984. 1753 [Jamaica, Virginia and Canada]. 

 Boehmeria cylindrica Britton 218. 



Common northward and down the Coast strip to Cape May 

 County; less frequent in the Middle" district and very rare in 



* Mr. Lippincott informs me that the specimens credited to Swedesboro on 

 his authority (KB) came from Pennsylvania. 



