220 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



MYEICACEJE. 



MYRICA, L. 



Wax-myrtle- Bay berry. 

 M. Gale, L. Sweet Gale. 



Border of ponds. Sussex : Shore of Lake Marcia, near High 

 Point Britton. Warren: Sunfish Pond, Blockade Mt S. W. 

 Knipe. Camden and Gloucester : C. E. Smith. 



M. cerifera, L. Bayberry. 



In low grounds. Sussex : Swartswood Lake Porter ; in a 

 stream two miles west of Sparta and in the Sparta meadows 

 Britton. Warren : Lake on Blockade Mt. S. W. Knipe ; 

 White Pond Porter ; and common in the eastern and southern 

 parts of the State. 



M. asplenifolia (L.), Banks. (Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait.) Sweet-fern. 

 Dry soil. Common throughout the State. Especially abun- 

 dant on the Kittatinny Mountains. 



CUPULIFEB,^. 



BETULA, L. 

 Birch. 



B. lenta, L. Black Birch. Sweet Birch. 



Gloucester: Plentiful in a ravine east of Mullica Hill B. 

 Heritage ; and common in woods, middle and northern counties. 



B. lutea, Michx. f. Yellow Birch. 



In woods, northern counties. Bergen : Closter and Pali- 

 sades Austin. Passaic: West side of Bearfort Mt. Britton. 

 Morris : Lake Hopatcong R. Palm ; Brook Valley and near 

 Hurdtown Britton. Essex : Rusby. Sussex : Near Morris 

 Pond North rop . 



B. populifolia, Marsh. White Birch. 



In swampy soil. Common throughout most of the State, but 

 locally rare in the southern counties and along the Delaware. 



