Notes on some New Jersey plants 

 J. L. Edwards and R. T. Clausen 



Dwarf Yellow-eyed Grass, Xyris montana Ries. The writers -~ 

 visited Pine Swamp, west of Mashipacong Lake, Sussex County, 

 on Sept. 5, 1932, in quest of the Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium 

 pusillum), which Mackenzie and Griscom 1 had first found there 

 in June,, 1920. We were successful in finding this on a number 

 of the Black Spruce trees in the bog at the southern end of the 

 swamp. We also found a number of the other interesting species 

 recorded from the region, including Car ex subulata, Car ex ro- 

 strata, and the Pale Laurel, Kalmia polifolia. In the open sphag- 

 num area were a number of plants of Xyris montana in flower. 

 One of these collected is 10.7 cm. high, the leaves are very nar- 

 row and about 2.5 cm. long, the head is 4 mm. in diameter, the 

 scales 5, and the lateral sepals erose near the apex. This station 

 for Xyris montana was discovered on July 10, 1920 by Griscom, 1 

 who found some plants of the species in a bog at the north end 

 of the swamp. 



Wax Myrtle, Myrica cerifera L. A single specimen was noted 

 on Sept. 17, 1932, in swampy pine barrens north of May's Land- 

 ing, Atlantic County. This is apparently of rather rare occur- 

 rence north of Cape May County. 



Milkwort, Poly gala mariana Mill. In September, 1932, this "' 

 species was found to be fairly common on dry open ground at 

 the edge of the marshes at Barnegat, Ocean County. 



Galium labradoricum Wiegand. There is a sheet of the Labra- -"' 

 dor Bedstraw in the local collection at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, collected by Mr. K. K. Mackenzie in an open hillside 

 swamp above Vernon, Sussex County. So far as we know, this 

 represents the only record of this bedstraw in New Jersey. Addi- 

 tional records, therefore, may be of interest. On June 18, 1932, 

 the writers found a considerable number of plants of this spe- 

 cies in a boggy area in the Springdale Swamp in Sussex County. 

 In 1933 this station was again visited and further collections 

 were made. The plant was also found in 1933 in the swamp at 

 the north end of Glover's Pond. 



1 Griscom, L. Rhodora. 33: 101. 1931. 



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