21 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



RUTACE^l. 



Xanthoxylum, Colden Prickly Ash. 



X. Americanum, Mill. Toothache-tree. Closter, C. F. Austin ; 

 near Freehold, 0. R. Willis; Verona, Essex Co., H. H. Rushy. Rare. 



SIMARUBACE^E. 



Ailanthus, Desf. Ailanthus. 



A. glaudulosus, Desf. Tree of Heaven. Becoming widely natural- 

 ized, and is found nearly all over the State. Adv. China. 



ILICINEiE. 



Ilex, L Holly. 



I. opaca, Ait. American Holly. Abundant in the southern and 

 eastern counties as far north as Sandy Hook. Most abundant on the 

 area covered by the Yellow Drift. 



I. verticillata, Gray. Black Alder, Winterberry. Swampy ground. 

 Rather common throughout the State. 



I. laevigata, Gray. Smooth Winterberry. Low ground near Camden, 

 C. F. Parker ; pine barrens, W. M. Canby ; Tom's River, N. L. Britton ; 

 near Keyport, R. W. Brown ; Secaucus Swamp and Chatham, W. H. 

 Leggett. Common only in the southern counties. 



I. glabra, Gray. Inkberry. Frequent in the pine barrens, and 

 generally in the southern counties. New Durham and Secaucus 

 Swamps, W. H. Leggett. 



Nemopantb.es, Raf. Mountain Holly. 



N. Canadensis, DC. Mountain Holly. Sussex Co., A. P. Garber ; 

 Camden, C. F. Parker ; Hackensack Swamps, W. H. Leggett; Ocean 

 Co., rare, P. D. Knieskern; Budd's Lake, Morris Co., T. C. Porter; 

 pine barrens, W. M. Canby. Not common. 



CELASTRACE^. 



Celastrus, L. . Staff-tree. Shrubby Bitter-sweet. 

 C. scandens, L. Wax-work. Climbing Bitter-sweet. Thickets and 

 along streams. Most common in the middle and northern counties. 



Euonymus, Tourn Spindle-tree. 



E. atropurpureus, Jacq. Burning-bush. Rare. Near Paterson on 

 the road to Hamburg, W. L. Fischer; near Little Falls, H. H. Rusby. 



