PI.ANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 587 



such branches are fertile. I am indebted to Mr. Mackenzie for 

 specimens from the type collection. Mr. Bayard Long has col- 

 lected the same thing at Bennett, Cape May Co., August 13th, 

 1911. 

 Fl. — Mid-June into September. Fr.— Mid-July into October. 



Middle District— Pine Cottage, Delanco (S), Medford (S), Swedesboro, 

 Dividing Creek. 



Coast Strip.— Long Branch, Barnegat City (L), Brant Beach (L), Surf 

 City (L), Holgate's (L), Mays Landing, Ocean View (S), Piermont (S), 

 Avalon, Anglesea, Cape May Ct. House (S), Cold Spring (S), Cape May Pt. 



Proserpinaca pectinata Lam. Cut-leaved Merma'id-weed. 



Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl., pi. 50, f. i, I. 214. 1791 

 [North America] .—Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 92. 1814.— Barton, PI. 

 Phila. I. 76. 1818.— Knieskern 14.— Willis 23.— Britton 105.— Keller and 

 Brown 234. 



Common in swamps of the Pine Barrens and Cape May penin- 

 sula, rare and local in the outlying islands in West Jersey. 

 Fl. — Mid-June into September. Fr. — Mid-July into October. 



Middle District. — Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Shark River, Forked River, Tuckerton, Manchester (Kn), 

 Speedwell, Bear Swamp, BerUn (C), Atsion, Parkdale (S), Quaker Bridge 

 (NB), Hammonton, Egg Harbor City, Mays Landing. 



Cape May. — Cold Spring (S), Bennett. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM L. 



Myriophyllum tenellum Bigel. Slender Water Milfoil. 



Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow, Fl. Bost. Ed. 2. 346. 1824 [Fresh Pond 

 and Tewksbury, Mass.]. — Brittop 106. — Keller and Brown 235. 



In shallow ponds along the upper Coast and on the Delaware 

 River shore, rare and local. 



Apparently first discovered in the State by Prof. E. H. Day 

 in a shallow pond near the coast at Pt. Pleasant, July 17, 1882. 



Fl. — Early July into September. Fr. — Early August into 

 October. Flowers and fruits rare and dates somewhat con- 

 jectural. 



Middle District. — Fish House. 



Coast Strip.— Pt. Pleasant, Spring Lake (KB). 



