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Middle District. — Hartford, Lindenwold. 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Lakehurst, Chatsworth, Bear Swamp, Albion, 

 Andrews, Malaga (P), Cedar Brook, Landisville, 



Coast Strip.— Seaside Park (S), Surf City (L), Holgate's (L), Wildwood 

 (UP). 



Cape May. — Cape May (S). 



Rhus radicans L. Poison Ivy. 



PL LXXX., Fig. I. 



Rhus radicans Linnseus, Sp. PI. 266. 1753 [Virginia]. — Britton 79. 

 Rhus toxicodendron Knieskern 11. 



Common in low woods and along fence rows ; in the Northern, 

 Middle and Coast districts ; absent from the Pine Barrens, except 

 as an incursion. 



Fl. — ^Mid-May to mid-June. Fr.- — ^About mid-August into 

 September; often persisting after the perishing of the external 

 fleshy coats, over winter into the next season. 



Middle District. — Fariningdale, New Egypt, Fish House, Delair. 

 Pine Barrens. — Folsom (probably an incursion). 



Coast Strip. — Peahala (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), Anglesea (UP). 

 Cape May. — Cape May Ct. House. 



Rhus toxicodendron L. Poison Oak. 



Rhus Toxicodendron Linnseus, Sp. PI. 266. 1753 [Virginia and Carolina]. 



Sandy ground in the lower part of the Middle district and 

 Cape May peninsula, spreading into the Pine Barrens as a rare 

 straggler. ^ 



I am using the Linnaean names for this and the preceding in 

 the sense in which they . are employed in Britton's Manual ; 

 whether this application will be final or whether we may have 

 more than these two forms I cannot say. This group is one 

 which I ami personally unable to study at close quarters. Dr. 

 Mearns' paper (Pr. Biol. Soc, Wash, xv., 148, 1902) should be 

 studied in this connection. 



Fl. — Mid-May to mid-June, probably. Fr. — About mid-Au- 

 gust into September, not long persistent. 



Middle District. — Washington Park, Lawnside, Tomlin, Westville, Bridge- 

 ton, Fairton. 

 Pine Barrens. — Folsom, Woodbine (S). 

 Cape May. — Court House, Bennett. 



