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Mercer: Princeton. Ocean: Toms River. Salem: About 

 Salem: Adventive or naturalized from the southwest." 

 (Britton.) 



Rhus hirta, Sudw. (R. typhina.) Staghorn Sumach. 



"Gloucester: Near Mickleton. Burlington: Bordentown. 

 MEercer: Near Trenton. Essex: Along Orange Mountains. 



Hudson: Little Snake Hill, and frequent in rocky places in 

 the northern counties." (Britton.) 



"The Staghorn Sumach is sometimes called the Vinegar 

 Tree, from the use of its aeid fruit in vinegar. Rhus liirta, 

 which grows to be a small tree, has been planted to a consider- 

 able extent in yards in South Jersey, but is very rare in the 

 woods/' (Geol. Rpt, '94, Gilford, 286.) 



Rhus copallina. L. Sumach. 



"In poor soil. Frequent throughout the State: most abun- 

 dant in the southern counties." (Britton.) 



*Ilex opacdj Ait. Holly. 



'"Warren: Mountain Eidge. below Carpentersville. Mer- 

 cer: Trenton. Monmouth: Abundant and very large in the 

 old forest on Sandy Hook. Middlesex: Sparingly on the 

 sand hills of the Raritan, near Woodbridge, and common in 

 woods in the southern counties." ( Britton.) 



"Ilex opaca is common in wet woods, especially near tide- 

 water, in the coniferous zone. Less abundant in the ton-inn 

 zone. Reported from but one locality in the deciduous zone 

 at Carpentersville." (Geol. Rpt, '99, Hollick, 189.) 



"The commonest, and by far the most characteristic, trees 

 of the beaches are the Holly and Red Cedar. The Holly 

 thrives here, reaching a much larger size than on the mainland, 

 apparently enjoying the moist, salt atmosphere and Loose 

 sand. It is a dune tree, par excellence. Its limbs are close 

 and jagged, in striking contrasl to the pyramidal, sym- 

 . metrical holly trees of the inland open fields. Its prickly 

 foliage is dense and dark green, and its crown is tlat. It 

 produces rich red berries in profusion, and its bole i- bright 

 gray in color, rugged and sturdy. It is nol uncommon to find 



