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This is the most widely distributed Sunflower of the Pines, 

 but always a bog plant, often growing in shallow water. The 

 only other Pine Barren species, H. divaricatus, is a dry ground 

 plant. 



Fl. — Early August to late September. 



Middle District— Griffith's Swamp, Mickleton (C), Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens.— Como, Seabright (C), Asbury Park (KB), Pt. Pleasant 

 (KB), Toms River, Island Hts. Jnc, Forked River, Seaside Park, Barnegat, 

 Manahawkin, West Creek (S), Speedvifell (S), Parkdale (S), Atsion, Landis- 

 ville (T), Winslow, Quaker Bridge, Pleasant Mills, Hammonton, Egg Harbor 

 City, Petersburg, Palermo, Mays Landing (S), Millville (KB). 



Coast Strip. — Barnegat City (L). 



Cape May.— Court House (S), Bennett, Cape May Pt. (S). 



Helianthus giganteus L. Tall Sunflower. 



Helianthus giganteus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 905. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. — 



Britton 145. 

 H. giganteus var. ambiguus Britton 145. 



Frequent in open swampy ground of the Northern and Mid- 

 dle districts and especially along the coast southward to Cape 

 May. 



Pi. — Early August to late September. 



Middle District. — Lindenwold, Mickleton (NB), Swedesboro. 

 Coast Strip. — Surf City (L), Cedar Bonnet (L), Atlantic City (S), Ocean 

 City (S). 



Helianthus divaricatus L. Rough Wood Sunflower. 



HelioMthus divaricatus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 906. 1753 [North America], — 

 Knieskern 18. — Britton 145. 



Frequent in dry woods or clearings in the Northern and Mid- 

 dle districts, occasionally or locally common in the Pine Barrens 

 and C^pe May peninsula. 



Pi. — Mid- July to early September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Camden, Lindenwold, Swedesboro. 

 Pine Barrens.— Fen Bryn (S), lona (S), Berlin (S), Landisville (T), 

 Hammonton (T), Weymouth (T). 

 Cape May. — Cape May; 



Helianthus decapetalus Linn. Thin-leaved Sunflower. 



Helianthus decapetalus Linnjeus, Sp. PI. 905. 1753 [Canada]. — Barton, Fl. 

 Phila. IL 129. 1818.— Britton 145. 



