204 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



P. Virginica, L. 



In sandy fields. Hunterdon : Cliffs above Milford Porter ; 

 Rosemont, frequent Best. Union : Plainfield Tweedy. Pas- 

 saic: Paterson Leggett. Essex: Franklin Rusby; and com- 

 mon in the middle and southern counties. 



P. elongata, Pursh. (P. pusilla, Nutt.) 



In sandy places. Ocean and Mon mouth : Not rare Knies- 

 kern; Keyport Lock wood. Camden : Near Haddonfield 

 Diffenbaugh. Cape May : Parker. 



P. HETEROPHYLLA, Nutt. 



" South Jersey " Austin in Willis Catalogue. Camden : In 

 ballast Parker. Probably introduced from the South. 



P. PATAGONICA, Jacq., var. ARISTATA (Mtehx.), Gray. 



Cumberland : Roadside near Millville S. W. Knipe. Ber- 

 gen : Rutherfurd Schuh. Atlantic : Richland and Wey mouth, 

 and Monmouth : Asbury Park Peters. Gloucester: Near 

 Newfield Ellis. Mercer: Trenton Apgar. Adventive from 

 the West. 



SERIES 3.-APETALXE. 



ILLECEBRACE^S. 



ANYCHIA, Rich. 

 Forked Chickweed. 



A. Canadensis (L.), B. S. P. (A. dichotoma, Michx., var. capillacea, Torr.) 

 Frequent in shaded places, middle and northern counties. 

 Also on dry sand in Atlantic county Peters. 



A. dichotoma, Michx. 



Apparently common throughout the State, except in the pine 

 barrens. 



SCLERANTHUS, L. 



Knawel. 

 S. ANNUUS, L. 



In abandoned fields and waste places ; common. Naturalized 

 from Europe. 



