PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 395 



Middle Disirict—Farmmgdale, Burlington, Merchantville (P), Garden 

 Lake, 4 mi. bel. Westville, Swedesboro, Yorktown, Andrews, Bridgeton 

 (NY), Salem Creek (C). 



Pine Barrens.— Allaire, Landisville, Winslow Jnc, Egg Harbor City (UP). 



Cape May. — Cold Spring. 



Salix sericea Marsh. Silky Willow. 



Salix sericea Marshall, Arb. Am. 140. 1785 [Eastern U. S.].— Willis 57.— 

 Britton 225.— Keller and Brown 118. 



Frequent in the 'Northern and upper Middle districts. 

 F/.— Early A|pril to late Aipril, before or with the leaves. Fr. 

 — Mid-(May to early June. 



Middle District.— Farmingdale, Delanco, Kaighns Pt. (UP). 



Salix lucida Muhl. Shining Willow. 



Salix lucida Muhlenberg, Neue Schr. Ges. Nat. Fr. Beriin 1803 IV., p. 239 

 [Lancaster, Penna.]. 



Very rare within our i-ange; reported from five stations in 

 the northern counties and from Sandy Hook, where it was col- 

 lected OlCtober, 1897, t>y Mr. Alexander MacElwee. 

 Coast Strip. — Sandy Hook. 



Order MYRICALES. 



Family MYRICACE.^. Bayberries. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves serrate or entire, no stipules. 



b. A large shrub or small tree, 30-4S dm. high, leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 often rusty with resinous dots, berries 2 mm. in diameter. 



M. cerifera, p. 396 



bh. A shrub 6-24 dm. high, leaves broader, oblong, resinous dotted but 



green, berries 3-4 mm. in diameter. M. carolinensis, p. 395 



aa. Leaves pinnatifid, stipulate. Comptonia, p. 396 



MYRICA L. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Bayberry. 



Myrica carolinensis Miller, Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 3. 1768 [Lower Caro- 



.lina]. 

 Myrica cerifera Knieskern 28. — Britton 220. — Keller and Brown 118. 



Low grounds, borders of swamps, etc. Casual in the Northern 

 and Middle districts ; frequent in the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May peninsula and abunda.nt on the coast. 



