636 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Common in low woods of the northern counties ; much less 

 common in the Middle district and rare in the Cape May penin- 

 sula. 



Fl. — Early May to mid-May. Fr. — Early Autumn. 



Middle Z^/^/r/rf.— Farmingdale, New Egypt, Birmingham, Delair, Oaklyn 

 (S), Washington Park, Lawnside (S), Pennsgrove (C). 

 Cape May.—Q.o\6. Spring (OHB), Court House. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata (Borkh.). Green Ash. 



Praxinus lanceolata Borkhausen, Handl. Forst. Bot. I. 826. 1800 [North 



America]. — Keller and Brown 253. 

 Fraxinus viridis Knieskern 25. — Britton 167. 



Distribution as in the preceding. 

 Fl. and Fr. — Similar to the last. 



Middle District. — Monmouth and Ocean Co. (Knieskern), Center Square 

 (H), Mullica Hill (H). 

 Cape May. — Goshen (S). 



Fraxinus michauxi Britton. 



Pra.rinus Michauxi Britton Manual, 1085. 1907 [Bronx Park, N. Y. City]. 



Rare and found only in the Middle district. 

 Fl. and Fr. — Probably as in F. pennsylvanica. 



Middle District. — Swedesboro, Three miles northeast Mickleton. 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. Black Ash. 



Fraxinus nigra Marshall, Arb. Am. 51. 1785 [probably Pennsylvania]. — 



Keller and Brown 254. 

 Fraxinus sambucifolia Willis 50. — Britton 167. 



Wet woods of the northern counties and reported from Free- 

 hold (Willis in Britton's Catalogue), while at Swedesboro a 

 few trees of this species were discovered by Mr. Chas. D. 

 Lippincott. 



Middle District.— VrtehoXA (C), Swedesboro (CDL). 



CHIONANTHUS L. 

 Chionanthus virginica L. Fringe Tree. 



Chionanthus virginica Linnseus, Sp. PI. 8. 1753 [North America]. — Nutt. 



Gen. I. 5. 1818.— Willis 50. — Britton i67.^Keller and Brown 254. 

 ChionantJius virginicus maritimus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 8. 1814 [Sea 



coast and boggy woods, N. J. — Carolina]. 



Found only in low woods along the lower part of the Maurice 

 River and Cohansey Creek and up the tributaries of the former 



