PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, 573 



Named in honor of C. S. Rafinesque (i 783-1 840), an eccentric 

 naturalist, but to some extent fulfilling his own estimate that in 

 matters of classification and nomenclature he was far in advance 

 of the men of his time. Rafinesque was thoroughly acquainted 

 with the flora of the Pines and discovered not a few new species 

 among the swamps and bogs of this region.* 



Fl. — Mid-April to mid-May. 



Middle District. — New Egypt (NB), Crosswicks, Pensauken (S), Moores- 

 town (NB), Medford, Locust Grove, Camden, Fancy Hill, Westville, Red 

 Bank, Woodbury, Bridgeport, Mantua, Sewell, Bridgeton, Vineland (C). 



Cape Moy.— Cape May Co. (C). 



Order OPUNTIALES. 



Family CACTACE^. Cacti. 



OPUNTIA Miller. 

 Opuntia opuntia (L.). Prickly Pear. 



PI. XXIX., Fig. I. 



Cactus Opuntia Linnaeus, Sp. PL 468. 17S3 [Pennsylvania and Virginia]. — 

 Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. L 327. 1814.— Nuttall, Gen. L 296. 1818. 



Opuntia vulgaris Knieskern 15. — Britton iii. — Martindale, Bull. Tor. Bot. 

 Club VL 105. 



Opuntia raHnesquii Willis 25.. — Martindale, Bull. Tor. Bot. Club VL 116. 



Opuntia opuntia Britton 229. 



Rocky situations in Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Hunterdon 

 Counties, and frequent in sand in the Middle and Coast districts. 

 Only known from the Pine Barrens close to the edge of the 

 Middle district. 



Fl. — Early June to early July. 



Middle District. — Matawan (Willis), Nev\r Egypt, Pemberton (NB), Med- 

 ford (S), Clementon (S), Swedesboro, Willow Grove (T), Vineland (S). 



Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook, Pt. Pleasant (Kn), Toms River (Kn), Seaside 

 Park (S), Barnegat City (L), Tucker's (L), Beach Haven (L), Atlantic 

 City, Wildwood (UP). 



* Cf. Life and Writings of Rafinesque. R. E. Call. Louisville 1895. 



