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5. P. Muhlenbergii Nash. In fields or in sandy or stony grounds: 



N. H. to Fla. and Tex. 



Common along and near the coasts of our area and at Albion, 

 Camden Co., N. J., inland; also along the lower Hudson. 



6. P. laeve Michx. In fields and sandy places: N. J. to Md. and 



Tex. 



N. J. Frequent along and near the coast from southern Ocean Co. 



to Cape May, and in the counties bordering the Delaware north to 



Camden Co., not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Northampton, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware and 



Chester counties. 



Tertiary, not on Beacon Hill, scattered elsewhere: Cretaceous 

 scattered. Older Formations, rare in the eastern part of Pa. 

 159-220 days. Sea level-950 ft. 



7. P. plenipilum Nash. In fields and along roadsides: Conn, to 



Mo., south to Fla. and Ala. 



Conn. Rare at Orange. 



N. Y. Rare as a wild plant at the New York Botanical Garden, 



unknown elsewhere. 

 N. J. Rare at Clifton, Passaic Co., wanting thence to the coastal 



plain, there rare and scattered but increasing southward. 



A rare and local species whose distribution is little understood. 



8. P. circulare Nash. In fields: Conn, to Mo., south to N. Car. 



and Tex. 



Conn. Groton and Franklin. 



N. Y. Rare in Bronx and Westchester counties and on S. I. 



N. J. Sussex, Bergen, and Middlesex counties, and along the 



coast in Ocean and Atlantic counties. 

 Pa. Delaware Co. 



A curious distribution unlike any other wild plant in our area. 



9. P. difforme Le Conte. In sandy soil: N. J. and Md. to Fla. 



and Tex. 

 Known only as a ballast weed in Camden Co., N. J. 



10. P. floridanum Michx. In dry or moist soil: N. J. to Kan. 

 south to Fla. and Tex. 



Known, according to Stone, only from Anglesea, Cold Spring and 

 Cape May, all in Cape May Co., N. J. 



