556 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Frequent in bog^gy locations in the northern counties; soiith 

 along- the coast and occasional in the Middle district and Pine 

 Barrens in boggy situations. 



Fl. — Early July to early September, probably. Fr. — Mid-Sep- 

 tember through autumn. 



Middle District. — Delanco. 



Pine Barrens. — Folsom. 



Coast Strip. — Seaside Park, Forked River, Peahala (L), Beach Haven 

 Terrace (L), Barnegat City (L), Sherburn's (L), Holgate's (L), St. Albans 

 (L), Holly Beach (UP). 



Cape May.— Co\A Spring (S). 



Hypericum gymnanthum Engelm. and Gray. Clasping-leaved St. 



John's-wort. 



Hypericum gymnanthum Engelmann and Gray, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. V. 212. 

 18^7 [Houston, Tex.]. — Britton 68. — Keller and Brown 224. 



Low ground ; occasional in the lower Middle district. 



First detected in the State by Mr. Benjamin Heritage at 

 Mickleton in 1887, and collected later at Med ford by Mr. 

 Stewardson Brown and the writer July 27, 1902. 



Flozvcrs — and immature fruit July 27. 

 Middle District.— MediovA, Mickleton (H). 



Hypericum majus (A. Gray). Larger Canada St. John's-wort. 



Hypericum Canadense var. major Gray, Man. Ed. V. 86. 1867 [Lake Su- 

 perior, Southern N. Y. and southward]. — Britton 68. 



Recorded in Britton's Catalogue from Hudson and Sussex 

 Counties, and once collected near Camden by Mr. C. F. Parker 

 September 7, 1862. I have examined Mr. Parker's specimen, 

 which is still in his herbarium^, now at Princeton University, 

 and there is no question as to the correctness of his identification. 



Mature fruit September 7. 

 Middle District.— Camden (P). 



Hypericum canadense L. Canada St. John's-wort. 



Hypericum canadense Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 785. 1753 [Canada]. — Knieskern 8. 

 —Britton 68. 



Common in damtp sandy soil throughout the coastal plain, but 

 not abundant in the northern counties. 



The most abundant small St. John's Wort found in the Pine 

 Barrens. 



