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DONDIA Adanson. 

 Dondia maritima (L.). Sea Blight. 

 PI. LVL, Fig. 2. 

 Chenopodium maritima Linnjeus, Sp. PI. 221. 1753 [Sea coast of Europe]. 

 Common on the coast marshes. 

 Fr. — Early September into November. 



Maritime. — Long Branch, Beacli Haven Terrace (L), N. Beach Haven 

 (L), Halfway House south of Bond's (L), Atlantic City, Ocean City, Angle- 

 sea, Cape May. 



Dondia linearis (Ell.). Tall Sea Blight. 



Salsola linearis ElHot, Bot. S. C. and Ga. I. 332 [Coast of South Carolina and 



Georgia]. 

 Salsola salsa Nuttall Gen. I. 199. 1818. 

 Suae da maritima Willis 51. 

 Suaeda linearis var. salsa Britton 208. 

 Dondia americana Keller and Brown 135. 



Common on the coast marshes; apparently not so plentiful as 

 the preceding. 



Pr. — Early September into No^•ember. 



Maritime. — Sandy Hood, Halfway House south of Bond's (.L), Atlantic 

 City, Sea Isle City, Five-Mile Beach, Cape May. 



BASSIA L. 

 Bassia hirsuta (Linn.). Hairy Sea Blight. 



Clienopodiiim hirsuta L. Syst. Nat. 221. 1753 [Coast of Europe]. 

 Bassia hirsuta Bartram, Bartonia H. 21. 1910. 



Apparently frequent along the edge of the sail marshes. 



This plant, identified as Bassia hirsuta by Prof. M. L. Fernald, 

 and first recorded as such by ]\Ir. E. B. Bartram in 1909, has 

 been familiar to me for man}- }-ears, but was always supposed 

 to- be a form of Dondia. 



It certainly does not seenT like an introduction, and occurs 

 associated with Dondia apparently all along the New Jersey 

 coast marshes, althoug"h more extensive collections will be re- 

 quired to ascertain the relati^'e abundance of these plants, which 

 have not appealed very strongly to collectors in the past. 



Fr. — ^Early September to late October. 



Maritime. — Seaside Park, Ocean City, St. Albans (L), N. Beach Haven 

 (L), Barnegat City (L)> Waretown, Sea Isle City, Anglesea, Wildwood. 



