46 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



B. ageratoides, L. White Siiake-root. Rich woods. Middle and 

 northern counties. Frequent. 



B. aromiiticum, L. White Snake-root. Sparingly in the middle 

 and southern counties. Near Squan Village, Monmouth Co., P. D. 

 Knieskern ; Freehold, 0. E. Willis; Camden, C. F. Parker; Plainfield, 

 Frank Tweedy. 



Mikania, Willd Climbing Hemp Weed. 



M. soandens, L. Climbing Hemp Weed. Wet places. Bather 

 common throughout. 



Conoclinum, DC Mist-flower. 



C. coelestinum, DC. Mist-flower. Rare. Cape May, C. F. Parker. 



Tussilago, Tourn Coltsfoot. 



T. Farfara, L. Coltsfoot. Wet places, Ocean and Monmouth Cos.,. 

 rare, P. D. Knieskern. Nat. Eu. 



Sericocarpus, Nees. . . . White-topped Astee. 



S. solidagineus, Nees. Cloater, Bergen Co., C. P. Austin ; Ocean 

 and Monmouth Cos., P. D. Knieskern ; Camden Co., C. F. Parker. 

 Not common. 



S. conyzoides, Nees. Dry open woods. Common throughout. 



Aster, L Starwort. Aster. 



A. corymbosus, Ait. Common in woods, northern and middle 

 counties ; rare on the Yellow Drift. , 



A. macrophyllus, L. Timber Creek, Camden Co., C. F. Parker; 

 Colt's Neck, Monmouth Co., 0. B. Willis; Montclair, Essex Co., H. 

 H. Busby ; Chatham, W. H. Leggett. And frequent in the northern 

 parts of the State. 



A. Brtdula, Ait. Sparingly in the pine barrens and on the Yellow 

 Drift. Camden Co., C. F. Parker; Mercer Co., 0. B. WilHs. 



A. surculosus, Michx. ; and Var. gracilis, Gray. Bare, and con- 

 fined to pine barren regions. 



A. spectabilis. Ait. Common in the pine barrens, and confined ta 

 the Yellow Drift. 



A. concolor, L. Frequent in the pine barrens, and confined to the 

 Yellow Drift. 



A. patens, Ait. Dry soil. Common throughout. 



Var. phlogifolius, Gray. Weehawken and Long Hill, W. H. Leggett,. 



A. laevis, L. ; Var. Isevigatus, Gray. Rather common in the north- 

 ern and middle counties. 



A. undulatus, L. Common in the northern and middle counties; 

 rare on the Yellow Drift. 



