PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 685 



Dasystoma virginica (L.). Smooth False Foxglove. 



Rhinanthus virginicus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 603. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Gerardia quercifoUa Barton, Fl. Phila. II. 46. 1818. — Knieskern 23. — Britton 

 189. 



Occasional in the northern counties, but very rare within our 

 limits and known from but three stations. The statement in 

 Britton's Catalogue and in Keller and Brown's List to the effect 

 that it is "frequent in the middle and southern counties" is 

 certainly incorrect. 



Fl. — Mid-August to mid-September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Fairton. 

 Pine Barrens f — Hammonton (NB). 



GERARDIA L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Pedicels little, if at all, longer than the calyx and capsule. 

 b. Flowers large, corolla 23-31 mm. long. 



c. Leaves linear 1.5-3.5 r"™- wide. G. purpurea, p. 685 



cc. Leaves filiform .05-1.5 mm. wide, often curled. 



G. racemulosa, p. 686 

 bh. Flowers smaller, corolla 14-18 mm. long. G. maritima, p. 685 



aa. Pedicels usually exceeding the corolla, corolla 12-20 mm. long. 



b. Leaves linear, 2.5 mm. wide or less. G. tenuifolia, p. 686 



bb. Leaves filiform, less than i mm. wide. G. setacea, p. 686 



Gerardia maritima Raf. Salt Marsh Gerardia. 



Gerardia maritima Rafinesque, Med. Rep. II. 5. 361. 1808 [Islands of Egg 

 Harbor, N. J].— Nuttall, Gen. II. 46. 1818.— Knieskern 23.— Willis 43- 

 — Britton 188. — Keller and Brown 292. 



Salt marshes along the coast ; common. 

 Fl. — ^Mid-July to mid-September. 



Coast Strip.— hong Branch, Forked River, Barnegat Pier, Barnegat City 

 (L), St. Albans (L), Spray Beach (L), Manahawkin, Atlantic City, Ocean 

 City, Palermo, Sea Isle City, Piermont, Holly Beach, Cold Spring, Cape May. 



Gerardia purpurea L. Large Purple Gerardia. 



PI. CVIL, Fig. I. 



Gerardia purpurea Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 610. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. — Knies- 

 kern 23. — Britton 188. 



Low ground ; commion throughout the Middle, Coast and Cape 

 May districts, and frequent in the northern counties, according 

 to Britton's Catalogue. 



