50 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



A. artemisiaefolia, L. Hog Weed. Eag Weed. Fields and road- 

 sides. Very common throughout. 



Xanthium, Tourn Cocklebur. Clotbur. 



X. strumarium, L. Common Cocklebur. Roadsides and waste 

 places. Quite common. 



Var. echinatum, Gray. Common along the sea-shore. 



X. spinosum, L. Spiny Clotbur. Common in waste places in towns 

 and villages. Nat. Tropical America. 



Belipta, L Eclipta. 



B. procumbens, Michx. ; Var. brachypoda, Gray. Eare. Eed Bank, 

 Monmouth Co., and near Weehawhen Ferry, W. H. Leggett ; banks 

 of the Delaware at Camden, C. F. Parker ; in ballast at Communipaw, 

 A. Brown. 



Heliopsis, Pars Ox-eye. 



H. Isevis, Pers. Common Ox-eye. Frequent. Camden, C. F.Parker; 

 Belleville, Essex Co., H. H. Eusby ; Ocean and Monmouth Cos., P. D. 

 Knieskern ; Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin. 



Var. scabra, Gray. South Amboy, T. F. Allen. 



Rudbeckia, L. Cone-flower. 



R. laciniata, L. Cone-flower. Sparingly throughout the State. 

 Camden, C. F. Parker; rare in Ocean and Monmouth Cos., P. D. 

 Knieskern: Belleville and Springfield, Essex Co., H. H. Eusby; 

 Plainfield, F. Tweedy. 



R. hirta, L. Yellow Daisy. Fields and pastures. Common through- 

 out, except in the pine barrens. Nat. Western Slates. 



Helianthus, L Sunflowek. 



H. annuus, L. Common Sunflower. Sparingly escaped from gar- 

 dens into waste grounds. Adv. Tropical America. 



H. angustifolius, L. Narrow-leaved S. Frequent in swamps in the 

 pine barrens, and oonflned to the Yellow Drift. Sea Bright, Mon- 

 mouth Co., A. Brown. 



H. giganteus, L. Tall Sunflower. Common in swamps throughout 

 the State. 



Var. ambiguus. Gray. Cape May, C. F. Parker. 



H. strumosus, L. Sparingly throughout the northern and middle 

 counties. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin ; First Mt., Essex Co., 

 H. H. Eusby; Chatham, W. H. Leggett; Camden, C. F. Parker; near 

 Keyport, E. W. Brown. 



H. divaricatus, L. Dry fields and thickets. Quite common through- 

 out. 



