PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 629 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Burlington, Washington Park, 

 Mickleton, Clementon (S), Centerton (S), Union Grove (S), Swedesboro, 

 Repaupo (CDL), Beaver Dam. 

 Beaver Dam. 



Pine Barrens. — Pt. Pleasant, Davenport, Toms River, Hanover, Brown's 

 Mills, Forked River, Bear Swamp (S), Kenilworth (S), Speedwell, Bal- 

 linger's Mill. Albion, Andrews, Cedar Brook, Landisville (T), Inskip, Ham- 

 monton. Egg Harbor City, Folsom, Absecon, Palermo. 



Coast Strip. — Barnegat City (L), Surf City (L), Spray Beach (L), Beach 

 Haven (L), Holgate's (L), Seaside Park (S). 



Cape May. — Dias Creek (S). 



Family DIAPENSIACE^. Diapensia, etc. 



PYXIDANTHERA Michaux. 

 Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. Pyxie. 



PI. XXXIV., Fig. I. 



Pyxidanthera barbulata Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 152 pi. 17. 1803 [Upper 

 Carolina]. — Knieskern 24. — Willis 48. — Britton 164. — Keller and Brown 

 250. 



Diapensia cuneifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 148. 1814. 



Plentiful in the white sand of the Pine Barrens, also at several 

 localities in Middlesex County and one in Camden County in the 

 Middle district. 



The Pyxie to some extent takes the place of the Hepatica in 

 the Pine Barrens as one of the emblems of spring. Certainly 

 there are few more attractive sights in the still brown woods than 

 its white starry blossoms looking forth from their green moss- 

 like setting and often partly covered by dead strands of grass or 

 withered leaves which have covered them during the winter. The 

 Pyxie seems to grow both in dry and moist situations, but always 

 in sand, sometimes forming patches a foot in diameter, with little 

 sprays trailing off from the main colony each lined with the little 

 round petaled flowers. 



Fl. — Early April to early May. 



Middle District. — Grififith's Swamp. 



Pine Barrens. — Shark River (P), Brindletown, Toms River (NB), Brown's 

 Mills, Bamber, Woodmansie, Forked River, Waretown, Manchester (NB), 

 Cedar Bridge, E. Plains, Bear Swamp, Clementon, Sumner, Jackson, Cedar 

 Brook, V/aterford (P), Landisville, Millville, Hammonton, Pleasant Mills, 

 Egg Harbor City, Mays Landing (S), Belleplain (OHB). 



