570 RUBIACEAE 



N. J. Known only from an old record from Lakehurst, Ocean Co. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Berks and Chester counties. 



A scattered and local plant whose distribution is little known. 



H. purpurea L. repartee! as from N. J. by Torrey in 1819, has noc since been col- 

 lected in the state. The record, in all probability, applies to H. longifolia. 



2. Oldenlandia [Plum.] L. 

 1. O. uniflora L. In low grounds: N. Y. to Fla. and Tex. Also 

 in Cuba and Jamaica. 



N. Y. Apparently confined to L. I. and S. I., not common. 

 N. J. Rare in Bergen and Hudson counties, thence increasing and 

 common southward but wanting or only rarely adventive in the 

 pine-barrens. 



3. Cephalanthus L. 



1. C. occidentalis L. In swamps and low grounds: N. B. to 

 Ont., Wise, Neb., Fla. and Tex. 



Throughout the range, not so common in the pine-barrens as 

 elsewhere. 



4. Mitchella L. 

 1. M. repens L. In woods: N. S. to Fla., Ont., Minn., Ark. and 

 Tex. 



Common throughout the range except in the pine-barrens, there 

 only as a rare intruder. 



5. Diodia L. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate; style entire; stigmas capitate. I. D. teres. 



Leaves lanceolate or oval; style 2-cIeft; stigmas filiform. 2. D. virginiana. 



1. D. teres Walt. In dry or sandy soil: Conn, to Fla., 111., Kan., 



Tex., N. Mex. and Sonora. 



Conn. Rather rare along and near the coast, wanting inland. 

 N. Y. Locally common on L. I. and S. I., wanting northward. 

 N. J. Bergen, Warren, Hunterdon, Passaic, and Union counties, 



thence increasing southward. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, common, less so on Beacon Hill than elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, less common: Older Formations, scattered and local. 

 153-220 days. Sea level-850 ft. 



2. D. virginiana L. In moist soil: S. N. J. to Fla., Ark. and Tex. 



N. J. Known only from southern Cape May Co., rare. 



