642 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Low ground; common in the northern counties, occasional in 

 the Middle district and rare on the coast and Cape May- 

 peninsula. 



Fl. — Early September into October. 



Middle District. — Keyport (C), Shark River (C), Pemberton (C), Kaighns 

 Pt, Mickleton (H). 

 Coast Strip. — Absecon, Weeksville (C). 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



Gentiana saponaria L. Soapwort Gentian. 



Gentiana saponaria Linnseus, Sp. PI. 228. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton Fl. Phila. 

 134. 1818. — Knieskeni 25. — Britton 172.— Keller and Brown 256. 



Frequent in low ground in the Middle district and rare along 

 the Coast Strip to Cape May. Occasionally ranging above the 

 fall line in the northern counties. 



Fl. — Early September into October. 



Middle District. — Shark River (C), Swimming River (NB), New Egypt, 

 Burlington, Moorestown (KB), Medford (S), Orchard (S), Lindenwold, 

 Woodbury, So. Westville, Clementon, Berlin. 



Coast Strip. — Absecon, Pleasant Mills, Mays Landing (Leeds), Cold Spring 

 (OHB). 



BARTONIA Muhlenberg. 



Bartonia paniculata (Michx.). Twining Bartonia. 



Centaur ella paniculata Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. L 98. 1803 [Carolina]. 

 Andrezvsia paniculata Barton, Fl. Phila. 89. 1818. (Partly the next.) 



Low damp ground ; frequent in the Pine Barrens, Cape May 

 and Coast districts, apparently rare and local in the Middle 

 district. 



These curious little plants, practically devoid of leaves, are 

 more common than generally supposed, but frequently escape 

 attention, buried as they are among the taller vegetation. They 

 are named in honor of Prof. Benjamin Smith Barton (1766- 

 1815), professor of botany in the University of Pennsylvania 

 and author of a general work on botany and the interesting 

 "Fragments of Natural Histoiy" in which the blooming of plants, 

 arrival of birds, etc., are arranged in chronological tables. 



Fl. — Late August to late Se[:)tember. 



