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Middle District. — Hartford, Lindcnwold. 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Lakehurst, Chatsworth, Bear Swamp, Albion, 

 Andrews, Malaga (P), Cedar Brook, Landisville. 



Coast .S'/n>.— Seaside Park (S), Surf Citv (L), Holgate's (L), Wildwood 

 (UP). 



Cape May.— Cape May (S). 



Rhus radicans L. Poison Ivy. 

 PL LXXX., Fig. I. 



Khtis radicans Linnseus, Sp. PI. 266. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 79. 

 Rhus toxicodendron Knieskern 11. 



Common in low woods and along fence rows ; in the Northern, 

 ]\liddle and Coast districts; absent from the Pine Barrens, except 

 as an incursion. 



Fl. — ^Mid-May to mid-June. Fr. — About mid-August into 

 September; often persisting after the perishing of the external 

 fleshy coats, over winter into the next season. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt. Fish House, Delair. 

 Pine Barrens. — -Folsom (probably an incursion). 



Coast Strip. — Peahala (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), Anglesea (UP). 

 Cape May. — Cape May Ct. House. 



. Rhus toxicodendron L. Poison Oak. 



Rhus Toxicodendron Linnajus, Sp. PI. 266. 1753 [\'irginia and Carolina]. 



Sandy ground in the lower part of the Middle district and 

 Cape May peninsula, spreading into the Pine Barrens as a rare 

 straggler. 



I am using the Linnaean names for this and the preceding in 

 the sense in which thev are employed in Britton's iManual ; 

 whether this application will be final or whether we may have 

 more than these two forms I camiot say. This group is one 

 which I ami personally unable to study at close quarters. Dr. 

 Mearns' paper (Pr. Biol. Soc, Wash, xv., 148. 1902) should be 

 studied in this connection. 



Fl. — Mid-]May to mid-June, probably. Fr. — About mid-Au- 

 gust into September, not long persistent. 



Middle DfjfnV/.— Washington Park. Lawnside. Tonilin. Westville. Bridge- 

 ton. Fairton- 



Pine Barrens. — Folsom, Woodbine (S). 

 Cape May. — Court House, Bennett. 



