4i8 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 

 Family SANTALACEvE. Sandalwood, etc. 



COMANDRA Nuttall. 



Comandra umbellata (L.). False Toad-flax. 



Thesium umbellatum Linnsus, Sp. PI. 208. 1753 [Virginia and Pennsylvania]. 

 Comandra umbellata Knieskern. — Britton 214. 



Common throughout the State in sandy ground, most plentiful 



in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Mid-May to late June. Pr. — Apparently not very com- 

 mon. 



Middle Du/nci.— Farmingdale, New Egypt, Browns Mills, Delanco, Wash- 

 ington Park, Sewell (S), Lindenwold (S), Mickleton, Sicklerville (S), 

 Swedesboro, Yorktown, Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Manahawkin, Sumner, Landisville, Ham- 

 monton (Bassett), Absecon (P). 



Cape Afoy.— Burleigh (OHB). 



Order ARISTOLOCHIALES. 



Family ARISTDUOCHttACE-ZE. Birthwort, etc. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves reniform, paired, flower growing from between the petioles. 



Asarum, p 418 

 aa. Leaves ovate lancolate,. alternate on a somewhat zig-zag stem. 



Aristolochia, p. 418 

 ASARUM L. 



Asarum canadense L. Wild Ginger. 



Asarum canadense Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 44?. 1753 [Canada]. — Britton 212. 



Rich woods ; common northward, rare and local within our 

 limits and confined to the upper Middle district. 

 PI. — ^Late April to late May. 



Middle PuJncf.— Freehold (C), New Egypt, Pemberton (NB), Borden- 

 town (C), Camden Co. (C), Swedesboro. 



ARISTOLOCHIA L. 



Aristolochia serpentaria L. Virginia Snakeroot. 



PI. LXVL, Fig. 3. 



Aristolochia serpentaria Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 961. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton Fl. 

 Phila. n. 146. 1818.— Britton 212. 



