PLANTS OF SOUTHERN! NEW JERSEY. 577 



Commlon in sandy swamps throughout the Coastal plain region 

 and northward to Closter, Bergen County, and Stockton, Hunter- 

 don County. Especially abundant in the Pine Barrens. 



This plant seems to take the place of such late spring plants as 

 Limodorum, Arethusa, etc., in the color scheme of the swamps 

 and bogs of the Pine Barrens, and throughout the latter part of 

 sumnxer its g-orgeous flowers are conspicuous, sometimes in 

 scattered clumps or individual plants, and again massed in 

 large patches, so that the whole surface of the bog seems crin> 

 son. There is a certain amovmt of variation in color, some 

 flowers being very deep magenta, but they never approach the 

 pale pink of R. inariana. 



PI. — Early July to mid-Septemiber. Fr. — Early August into 

 autumn. 



Middle District.— Ntw Egypt, Medford (S), Pemberton Jnc. (S), Linden- 

 wold, Fish House, Kaighns Pt., Washington Park, Lawnside (S), Center 

 Square, Paulsboro, Salem (S). 



Pine Barrens.— Whitings (S), Speedwell (S), Parkdale, Bear Swamp, 

 Cedar Brook, Clementon (S), Landisville (T), Hospitality Branch (T), 

 Egg Harbor City, Tuckahoe (S), Belleplain (S), Woodbine, Sea Isle Jnc, 

 Dennisville (S). 



Coast Strip.— Waretov/n. Cox's, N. Beach Haven (L), Holgate's (L), 

 Ocean View (S), Beesley's Pt. (S), Anglesea. 



Cape May.— Green Creek (S), Cape May. 



Rhexia aristosa Britten. Awned Meadow Beauty. 



Rheji;ia aristosa Britton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XVH. 14 pi. 99. 1890 [Egg 

 Harbor City, N. J.].— Britton 107.— Keller and Brown 231. 



Rare and local ; confined to the Pine Barrens. 



The original specimens were discovered by Messrs. E. H. Kil- 

 mer and John C. Gifford in August, 1888, at Egg Harbor City 

 and sent to Rev. John C. Peters, who submitted them, to Dr. 

 Britton. He at once recognized themi as representatives of a 

 new species. While the plant was collected on several subsequent 

 occasions at the type locality, it has been found at only one other 

 station, and that only a few miles to the east, near Cologn, where 

 Mr. C. F. Saunders discovered it on August 21, 1898. 



37 Mus 



