PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 493 



CERCIS L. 

 Cercis canadensis L. Red-bud. Judas Tree. 



Cercis canadensis Linnjeus, Sp. PI. 374. 1753 [Virginia] ,—Britton go. 



Rich wcx>ds, usually on hills bordering rivers. Locally on the 

 upper Delaware, and at Rocky Hill on the upper Raritan, ac- 

 cording to Britton's Catalogue. Known within our limits only 

 from records at Bordentown (H. C. Stokes), and between Camr 

 den and Gloucester (C. E. Parker). These New Jersey stations 

 constitute the northern limit of the species east of the Alle- 

 ghanies. 



Fl. — Late April to mid-May. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (C), Between Camden and Gloucester (P). 



CASSIA L. 

 Cassia nictitans L. Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia nictitans Linnaeus, Sp. PI- 380. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Brit- 

 ton go. 



Open sandy ground ; locally in the northern part of the State 

 and comimon throughout the southern portion, except in the 

 Pine Barrens, where it seems to have intruded from West 

 Jersey. 



This is a characteristic plant of the IVEiddle district, but with 

 a strong tendency to become a weed, spreading over railroad 

 embankments and in cultivated ground. 



Fl. — Late July to miid-September. Fr. — Early September to 

 late October. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Medford (S), Blackwood, Pish House, 

 Washington Park, Mickleton. 

 Pine Barrens. — Landisville (probably as weed), Malaga (P). 

 Coast Strip.— BsirntgSit City Jnc. (L), Ocean City (S), Cold Spring. 



Cassia cliamaecrista L. Large-flowered Sensitive Pea. 



Cassia Chamcecrista Linnseus, Sp. PI. 379- i7S3 [Jamaica, Barbadoes and 

 Virginia]. — Knieskern 13. — Britton go. 



Distribution and abundance as in the last, of which it is 

 essentially a larger edition. 



The foliage is similar, but the very much larger flowers make 

 it a much more conspicuous plant. 



