So PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



SANTALACB^. 



Comandra, Nutt Bastard Toad-flax. 



C. umbellata, Nutt. Dry grounds. Rather common in all parts 

 ■of the State. According to the observations of Mr. Jos. Schrenck this 

 plant is generally parasitic on species of Vaccinium or Gaylussacia. 

 See Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, vol. vii., p. 67, 1880. 



BUPHORBIACB^. 



Euphorbia, L . Spurge. 



B. polygonifolia, L. Common in sands of the sea-shore. 



B. serpens, H. B. K. In ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker. 



E. maculata, L. Fields and roadsides. Very common throughout. 



B. hypericifolia, L. Field and roadsides. Quite common through- 

 out. 



E. corollata, L. Quite common on the Yellow Drift, and mostly 

 •confined to that formation. 



E. Ipecacuanhse, L. Common on the Yellow Drift, and mostly con- 

 fined to that formation. 



E. Helioscopia, L. In ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker. Nat. Eu. 



E. Peplus, L. Warren Co., F. Knighton ; in ballast at Camden, C. 

 P. Parker. Adv. Eu. 



E. Latbyris, L. Caper Spurge. Mohinkson Hill, near Keyport, S. 

 Lockwood. Adv. Eu. 



B. Cyparissias, L. Frequently escaped from cultivation. Essex Co., 

 H. H. Eusby ; Camden Co., D. G. Brinton ; Closter, Bergen Co., C. P., 

 Austin; Chatham, W. H. Leggett; borders of Greenwood Lake, Red 

 Bank, Monmouth Co., W.H.Eudkin ; Newton, Sussex Co., L. Schoney; 

 Plainfield, F. Tweedy. Adv. Eu. 



Acalypha, L. . . Three-seeded Mercury. 



A. Virginica, L. Fields and open places. Common throughout. 



Var. gracilens. Gray. Common on the Yellow Drift, and sparingly 

 in other districts. 



A. Caroliniana, Walt. Eare. Princeton, Dr. John Torrey ; near 

 Trenton, Isaac Burk ; Closter, C. F. Austin. 



Croton, L Croton. 



C. glandulosus, L. In ballast at Camden, C. P. Parker. 



C. capitatus, Michx. Pine barrens of New Jersey, P. D. Knieskern 

 in Gray's Blanual, p. 438. 



