ONAGRACEAE 467 



Tertiary, not very common on Beacon Hill, common elsewhere; 

 Cretaceous, common: Older Formations, rare and scattered: 

 175-220 days. About sea-level. 

 Raimannia rhombipetala (Nutt) Rose has been found at Green Bank, near Batsto, 

 N. J., presumably a waif from the west. 



8. Kneiffia Spach. 



Capsules club-shaped. 



Pedicels and capsules pubescent. 



Stem decumbent, spreading; body of the capsule be- 

 coming globose. 1. K. Allenii. 

 Stem erect or nearly so; body of the capsule more or 

 less elongated. 

 Capsule stalked. 



Pedicels longer than the body of the capsule, 



the wings thick and pubescent. 2. K. longipedicellata. 



Pedicel shorter than the body of the capsule, 

 the wings thin and glabrous. 3. K. linearis. 



Capsule sessile. 4. K. pratensis. 



Pedicels and capsules glabrous or glabrate. 5. K. pumila. 



Capsules oblong or nearly so. 6. K. fruticosa. 



1. K. Allenii (Britton) Small. In sand: eastern L. I. and per- 



haps coastal Conn, and N. J. 



Montauk Point, Patchogue, and Easthampton, L. I., and re- 

 ported from near Stratford, Conn. ; recorded from Ocean Grove, N.J. 



Localized in sandy places, but not confined to the region south 

 of the moraine on L. I. 



2. K. longipedicellata Small. In moist soil: Conn, to W. Va. 



and Fla. 



Conn. Along the coast and at Southburg and Woodbury, accord- 

 ing to Conn. Catalog. 

 N. Y. South of the moraine on L. I.;onS. I., Van Courtlandt 



Park: otherwise unknown in the area. 

 N. J. Very rare in the pine-barrens, perhaps there adventive, not 

 uncommon along the coast in Monmouth, Ocean and Atlantic 

 counties, but known only from Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., west 

 of the pine-barrens; unknown elsewhere in the state. 

 Pa. Known only from near Tullytown, Bucks Co., and from 

 Darby and Tinicum, Delaware Co. 



Tertiary, rare and perhaps adventive on Beacon Hill, increasing 

 along the coast off this formation: Cretaceous, rare: Older Forma- 

 tions, rare and scattered near the coastal plain. 175-220 days. 

 About sea level. 



3. K. linearis (Michx.) Spach. In dry places: Conn, to Term. 



and Ga. 



