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A conspicuous flower in late summer and early autumn all 

 along the coast strip, and in West Jersey. Its purple cups mingle 

 with the yellow Buthamia and the white Bupatoriums, which 

 abound at that season, in every piece of low moist ground. 



Fl. — Late August to late September. 



Middle District. — Burlington, Delair, Haddonfield (S), Orchard (S), Med- 

 ford (S), S. Westville, Swedesboro, Dividing Creek. 



Coast Strip. — Deal, Seaside Park, Waretown, Barnegat City (L), Spray 

 Beach (L), Manahawkin, Cox's, West Creek (S), Absecon, Atlantic City. 

 Ocean City, Seaville (S), Sea Isle City (S), Wildwood. 



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



Gerardia racemulosa Pennell. Pine Barren Gerardia. 



Gerardia racemulosa Pennell, Torreya 1911. is [Parkdale, N. J.]. 



Pine Barren bogs; rather frequent, replacing the broader 

 leaved G. purpurea. 



This species seems to bear to G. purpurea the same relation- 

 ship that G .holmiana does to G. tenuifolia, both the filiform 

 leaved species being mainly or entirely restricted to the Pine 

 Barrens. 



Pi. — Uate August to late September. 



Pine Sorrewj.— Hornerstown, Forked River, Egg Harbor City, Cedar Grove 

 to Jones' Mill (S), Parkdale. 



Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl. Slender Gerardia. 



Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl. Symb. Bot. III. 79. 1794 [North America].— 

 Knieskern 23. — Britton 188. 



Dry open woods of the Northern, Middle and Cape May dis- 

 tricts; most frequent northward. 

 Fl. — Mid- July to early October. 



Middle District— 'Hew Egypt, Westmont (S), Oaklyn (S), Mickleton, 

 Swedesboro. 

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



Gerardia holmiana. Bristle-leaved Gerardia. 



Gerardia Holmiana Greene, Pittonia IV. 52. 1899 [Brookland, D. C.].— Kel- 

 ler and Brown 292. 

 Gerardia Skinneriana Keller and Brown 292 (as to N. J.). 



Frequent throughout the Pine Barrens in dry sand. This is 

 possibly the G. setacea of Walter, but as I cannot be certain I 

 prefer to use Greene's name, as his types have been examined 



