220 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 
MYRICACEZ. 
MYRICA, L. 
Wax-myrtle. Bayberry. 
M. Gale, L. Sweet Gale. 
Border of ponds. Sussex: Shore of Lake Marcia, near High 
Point—Britton. Warren: Sunfish Pond, Blockade Mt.—S. W. 
. Knipe. Camden and Gloucester :—C. E. Smith. 
M. cerifera, L. Bayberry. 
In low grounds. Sussex: Swartswood Lake—Porter; in a 
stream two miles west of Sparta and in the Sparta meadows— 
Britton. Warren: Lake on Blockade Mt.—S. W. Knipe; 
White Pond—Porter ; and common in the eastern and southern 
parts of the State. 
M. asplenifolia (L.), Banks. (Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait.) Sweet-fern. 
Dry soil. Common throughout the State. Especially abun- 
dant on the Kittatinny Mountains. 
CUPULIFER. 
BETULA, L. 
Birch. 
B. lenta, L. Black Birch. Sweet Birch. 
Gloucester: Plentiful in a ravine east of Mullica Hill—B. 
Heritage; and common in woods, middle and northern counties. 
B. lutea, Michx. f. Yellow Birch. 
In woods, northern counties. Bergen: Closter and Pali- 
sades—Austin. Passaic: West side of Bearfort Mt.—Britton. 
Morris: Lake Hopatcong—R. Palm; Brook Valley and near 
Hurdtown—Britton, Essex:—Rusby. Sussex: Near Morris 
Pond—Northrop. 
B. populifolia, Marsh. White Birch. 
In swampy soil. Common throughout most of the State, but 
locally rare in the southern counties and along the Delaware. 
