16 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



A. peploides, L. Sea-side Sandwort. Frequent in sands of the 

 sea-shore. Eu. 



Stellaria, L Chickweed. Starwort. 



S. media, Smith. Common Chickweed. Cultivated and waste 

 grounds ; very common in all parts of the State. Nat. Eu. 



S. longifolia, Mu.nl. Long-leaved Starwort. Common in damp 

 meadows in the northern and middle counties; rare on the Yellow 

 Drift. Eu. 



Cerastium, L Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



C. vulgatum, L. Mouse-ear Chickweed. Rare. Bergen Co., C. F. 

 Austin; shady rocks along N. R. R. above junction with Erie R. R. r 

 T. F. Allen. Nat. Eu. 



C. viscosum, L. Mouse-ear Chickweed. Grassy fields and copses. 

 Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



C. nutans, Raf. Sticky Chickweed. Sparingly in damp rocky 

 places. Bergen Co., C. F. Austin; Bloomfield, Essex Co., H. H. 

 Rusby ; Palisades near Tenafly, N. L. Britton ; Ocean and Monmouth 

 Cos., common (?), P. D. Knieskern. 



C. oblongifolium, Torrey. Oblong-leaved Chickweed. Palisades, 

 C. F. Austin ; P. V. Le Roy. Very rare. 



C. arvense, L. Field Chickweed. Warren Co., F. Knighton ; Fort 

 Lee, T. F. Allen ; on the Palisades near Tenafly, N. L. Britton ; banks 

 of the Delaware near Camden, C. F. Parker. Mostly confined to the 

 northern parts of the State, and not common. Eu. 



Sagina, L Pearlwort. 



S. procumbens, L. Creeping Pearlwort. Damp places ; not com- 

 mon. Sidewalks of Camden, C. F. Parker. Eu. 



S. apetala, L. Non-petaled Pearlwort. Sandy places. Rare or more 

 probably overlooked. Mercer and Monmouth Cos., Dr. Torrey in 

 Willis' Catalogue. Eu. 



S. decumbens, Torr. & Gray. (S. subulate, Wimmer.) Creeping 

 Pearlwort. In ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker. Eu. 



Var. Smithii, Gray. Smith's Pearlwort. Somer's Point, Atlantic Co., 

 C. E. Smith. 



Lepigonum, Fries. (Spergularia, L.) . Sand Spurrey. 

 L. medium, Fries. Sand Spurrey. Common in salt marshes. Eu. 

 L. rubrum, Fries. Sand Spurrey. Frequent in sandy soil along the 

 coasts. Eu. 



L. salinum, Fries. Sand Spurrey. In salt marshes, but much 



2 



