PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 493 



CERCIS L. 

 Cercis canadensis L. Red-bud. Judas Tree. 



Cercis canadensis Linnseus, Sp. PI. 374. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 90. 



Rich woods, usually on hills bordering rivers. Locally on the 

 upper Delaware, and at Rocky Hill on the upper Raritan, ac- 

 cordino- to Biritton's Catalogue. Known within our limits onlv 

 from- records at Bordentown (H. C. Stokes), and between Cam- 

 den and Gloucester (C. F. Parker). These New Jersey stations 

 constitute the northern limit of the species east of the Alle- 

 ghanies. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-May. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (C), Between Camden and Gloucester (P). 



CASSIA L. 



Cassia nictitans L. Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia nictitans Linnaeus, Sp. PI- 380. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Brit- 

 ton 90. 



Open sandy ground ; locally in the northern part of the State 

 and comttnon throughout the southern portion, except in the 

 Pine Barrens, where it seems to have intruded from West 

 Jersey. 



This is a characteristic plant of the Middle district, but with 

 a strong tendency to become a weed, spreading over railroad 

 embankments and in cultivated ground. 



Fl. — Late July to^ mid-September. Fr. — Earl}- September to 

 late October. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Medford (S), Blackwood, Fish House, 

 Washington Park, Mickleton. 



Pine Barrens.— Lz.nd\s.v\\\t (probably as weed), Malaga (P). 



Coast Strip. — Barnegat City Jnc. (L), Ocean City (S), Cold Spring. 



Cassia cinamsecrista L. Large-flowered Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia Chamcecrista Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 379. 1753 [Jamaica, Barbadoes and 

 Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Britton 90. 



Distribution and abimdance as in the last, of which it is 

 essentially a larger edition. 



The foliage is similar, but the very much larger flowers make 

 it a much more conspicuous plant. 



