PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 603 



Middle District— Varmingdale, Pemberton Jnc. (S), Vincentown, Med- 

 ford (S), Locust Grove (S), Clementon (C), Oaklyn (S), Lawnside (S), 

 Kirkwood (C), Fancy Hill, Kaighns Pt., Wlashington Park, Mickleton, 

 Swedesboro. 



Coast Strip. — Toms River. 



Cape May. — Dias Creek (S). 



Cornus paniculata L'Her. Panicled Dogwood. 



Cornus paniculata L'Heritier de Brutelle, Cornus IX., pi. 5. 1788 [North 



America]. 

 Cornus candidissima Britton 120. — Keller and Brown 243. 



Frequent or common in dry soil in the northern counties, and 

 occasional southward in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Early June to late June. Fr. — Early August to late 

 August, sporadically later. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Pemberton (C), Delanco (C), 

 Mouth of Rancocas (C), Lindenwold, W. Collingswood (KB), Salem (H).* 



Cornus alternifolia L. f. Alternate-leaved Dogwood. 



Cornus alternifolia Linnaeus filius, Suppl. 125. 1781 [North America]. — 

 Britton 121. — Keller and Brown 244. 



Frequent on the edges of woods in the northern counties, 

 becoming less common southward in the IVIiddle district. 



Fl. — ]V[id-May to early June. Fr. — IMid-July apparently to 

 early August. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Bordentown, Kinkora, Pem- 

 berton (NB), Mantua (KB), Kirkwood, Lawnside (S), Magnolia (NB), 

 Pitman, Woodstown (NB), Swedesboro. 



NYSSA L. 



Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Sour Gum. 



Nyssa sylvatica Marshall, Arb. Am. 97. 1785 [Pennsylvania].— Britton 121. 

 Nyssa aquatica Barton, Fl. Phila., IL 192. 1818. 

 Nyssa multHiora Knieskern 16. 



Common in woods throughout the State except in the moun- 

 tains of Sussex and Warren counties; m,ost abundant on the 

 Coastal plain in swamps of the Pine Barrens, IVIiddle and Cape 

 May districts. 



Fl. — Mid-May to mid-June. Fr. — Early September into 

 October. 



* Swprlpshoro record (KB) = C. amomum. 



