THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of the University With years when terms expire 1926 Piiny T. Sexton LL.B. LL.D. Chancellor —- Pa 1927 ALBERT VANDER VEER M.D. M.A. Ph.D.LL.D. Vice Chancellor Albi. 1922 CHESTER S. Lorp M.A. LL.D. - - - - =— Broo 1930 WILLIAM NottTincHaM M.A. Ph.D. LL.D. -— Syra 1921 Francis M. CARPENTER - -—- — -— - — = Mour 1923 ABpraM I. Erxus LL.B. LL.D. D.C.L. - -— - New 1924 ADELBERT Moot LL.D. - - - - - — -— Buffal 1925 CHARLES B. ALEXANDER M,A. LL.B. LL.D. Litt.D. - - - - - - —- = == =NewY 1919 JOHN Moore LL.D. - - - -— -—- = = = Elmira 1928 WALTER Guest KeELttocc B.A. LL. D. - — Ogdens, 1920 JAMES Byrne B.A. LL.B. LL.D. - - - - New Yo: 1929 HERBERT L. Brrpcman M.A. - - = — -— Brooklyn President of the University and Commissioner of Education oa H. Fintey M.A. LL.D. LHD. mech E. Pacey Miss PAD. LL.D. Assistant Commissioner and Director of Professional Education Aucustus S. Downine M.A. L.H.D. LL.D. Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education | 3 Cuartes F. WuHEEtocK B.S. LL.D. Ditower of State Library James I. Wyer, Jr, M.LS. Director of Science and State Museum Joun M. Crarxe D.Se. LL.D. Chiefs and Directors of Divisions Administration, Hiram C. CasE Agricultural and Industrial Education, Lewis A. Witson Archives and History, JAMES SuLttivan M.A. Ph.D. Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN Educational Extension, WILLIAM R. Watson B. S, Examinations and Inspections, GEorcE M. Witey M.A. Law, Frank B. Gitpert B.A., Counsel — Library School, Frank K. WatterR M.A. M.L.S. School Buildings and Grounds, Frank H. Woop M.A. School Libraries, SHERMAN WILLIAMS Pd.D. Visual Instruction, ALFRED W. Asrams Ph.B. The U niversity of the State of New York Science Department, October 1, 1918 Thomas E. Finegan Acting Frestaent of the University AR Doctor FINEGAN: Very respectfully yours Joun M. CLARKE Director THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT : Approved for publication this 25th day of October 1918 | Acting President of the University New York State Museum Bulletin Entered as second-class matter November 27, 1915, at the Post Office at Albany, New York, under the act of August 24, 1912 Published monthly by The University of the State of New York Nos. 205-206 ALBANY, N. Y. JANUARY-FEBRUARY I918 The University of the State of New York New York State Museum Joun M. Crarxe, Director Homer D. House, State Botanist REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1917 John M. Clarke Director, Science Department Sir: I beg to communicate herewith my report on the work of the State Botanist’s office for the fiscal year 1917. Very respectfully Homer D. House State Botanist Scientific investigations. The investigative work of the State Botanist during the season of 1917 has been limited to a study of the flora of certain sections of the central and western counties of the State. Early in the season several days were spent in a study of the vegetation of southern Herkimer county, a region of numerous small lakes, bogs and swamps, and the home of several rare species of plants. A visit was also made to Fourth Lake in northern Herki- mer county, and further investigations were made upon the vege- tation of several sphagnum bogs through the counties of Oswego, Cayuga, Wayne, Seneca, Monroe and Genesee. At all the localities visited collections were made for the state herbarium. A large number of fungi, ferns and flowering plants were col- lected during the year, many of which were new to the state flora. The ferns and flowering plants of particular interest are reported under “ Local Flora Notes ” and the fungi under ““ Notes on Fungi.” A large number of fungi, some of recent collection, but most of them undetermined species collected by Doctor Peck and others, were studied and identified in collaboration with Prof. John Dearness and reported under “ New and Interesting Species of Fungi.” 6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Considerable progress has been made in the compilation of a list of New York fungi, which will also include an arrangement accord- ing to the host plants which they inhabit in the case of those saprophytic and parasitic species which are found” upon definite . hosts. Memoir on the Wild Flowers of New York. The photographic work for this project was practically completed in 1916, and during the past year it was necessary to secure additional photographs of only a few subjects. The manuscript was completed in 1917 and there remains now only the completion of the engraving and print- ing. It is expected that this will be finished before the publication of this report. The great amount of detail connected with this undertaking has made it necessary to curtail to a large extent new investigations of a scientific nature. Noteworthy contributions to the state herbarium. The chief additions to the state herbarium during the past year in the form of contributions and exchanges are presented in the following list of contributors, which also indicates the number of specimens received from each: } SPE C'MENS Bonapatte .Herbarium; Paris, Mgance. :s..o..6 een eee eee eee 245 Gray Elerbarium, Hlaryard “University .«.2.2¢.,0005 esse eee 236 Prot: DD, 1.,..Crawiord, Claremont, iCal. .c0<. 980s re een eer 165 Joha SHurley; Tittle: Fallsi.c.c.o.2) obey gest scce ee oe eee 130 Prot, 1.0. Overholts, State Colleze, Pa. 2.25. sesso eee 86 Dr JamesR; Weir, Missoila, Mont:.....¢u.seee te eee eee een 53 Mass IMR. Smith, Estes. Park. ol) Ua. 52k geuledene 2te oe eee ne 35 EF. OP: ‘Kallip;s Rochester ss wij. uiils sialon Gone Soe oe ree ee 40 Def. J-Davis,. Madison! “Wise ls .0.cs 4uchia oe See tales Cee ee 22 Draw. Haydon, Matshiield (Ores. s:...Ge es ce cree ee ate ee ee 20 Aan. arson,-(Carter:. Monibs2 shy... ent an ae eeu an ne eee eee 20 Douglas M: White, (Rochester... .ce. no nee ee ee ee 20 Ci, Nuisante, “whe ever, Calin 7 tetas ece ee tei rte 16 5.0 bt. Burnham, Hudson Falls..i. 5.4% Pe Re ee eae 12 We, An Matinews. “Roehester vue) Jikan. neem a eee aes eee II Rov Latham -Osienth .ct0 dc naadle Geos 2 Oi ee eee ee 10 Olai-O.2Nylander, -Catibou,- Wiaine. | dase ete site ath cis ve wor oa ee 10 Caroline GC. “Haynes, Huotlands, N/A: teen bee. 9 tee hae eres ay 9 James fe, Barkeley,. Grahamsvillesi-vs os donde mens ee kon per ee hcmet 2 Ghatlorte WWopatdis.) Gossacicie. nn sees eRe ane wok cae 04s I Neto hie Moatcdner. (anaiiclaiotiacs. 6 cy ee ee ee coke Mies Nee ca v Ok I PUM OM Gays. HCI ALAS a 0 css 0.5. not EER ee MEIN Helos eich k I i Wet agin, Vy cee tote. Io. ay dso ee nope Pata sae oC hha ca pose I REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9QI17 7 Condition of the collections. With the aid of the assistant botanist, Louis Robbins, it has been possible to continue the rearrangement of the material in the herbarium, making it more accessible for study, and in addition to the mounting of the current collections, exchanges and contributions, a large number of valuable specimens of the Sheldon herbarium (presented in 1914) have been mounted and placed in the herbarium. Further progress in defi- nitely marking the many type specimens has been made. Additions to the herbarium. The number of specimens which have been added to the herbarium from all sources during the past year is 1457. Of these, 1146 were received in exchange or as con- tributions. Three hundred eleven specimens were collected by the staff in the counties of Albany, Cayuga, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Otsego, Ontario, Onondaga, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Seneca, Queens, Wayne and Warren. The number of species added which were new to.the herbarium was 128, which includes 33 specimens of ferns and flowering plants of the northeastern states and 95 species of fungi. Identifications. The State Botanist’s office has been called upon to identify and report upon 437 specimens of plants, including many fungi. These identifications were asked for by 108 different persons. & NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM PLANTS ADDED TO THE BERR ARM The policy of giving a detailed list of all species mounted and added to the state herbarium, which has characterized the State Botanist’s reports for many years, is now discontinued, and the fol- lowing list contains only the names of the species added to the her- barium during 1917 which were not hitherto represented in our ‘collections. Of the many species of flowering plants received, which were new to our collections, only those from the northeastern United States are listed. Ferns and Flowering Plants New to the Herbarium Agalinis acuta Pennell Agropyron acadiense Hubbard Antennaria cana Fernald “ neodioica gaspensis Fernald Astragalus blakei Eggleston Ridens colpophila Fernald & St John “ eatonii kennebecensis Fernald Carex oronensis Fernald “_ projecta x scoparia Fernald tenuiflora x trisperma Fernald Dryopteris goldiana x marginalis Dowell - Erechtites megalocarpa Fernald Euphrasia americana Wettst pe arct'ca Latge “ = purpurea var. farlowii (Rob.) Fernald & Wieg- and randii Robinson Eriocaulon parkeri. Robinson Glyceria fernaldii (Hitchc.) St John Juncus pervetus Fernald Kobresia elachycarpa Fernald Lactuca canadensis var. montana Britton ; . Lesquerella arctica var. purshii Wats. Odontites odontites (L.) Wettst. Pleurogyna rotata (L.) Griesb. Proserpinacea intermedia Mackenzie Puccinellia fasciculata (Torr.) Bick- nell ne alaskana Scribn. & Merril! Salix glaucophylloides Fernald Scirpus longii Fernald Scutellaria churchilliana Fernald Veronica teucrium Linn. Xyris arenicola Sma! Fungi New to the Herbarium Aleuria rhenana Fckl. Anthostoma peckii D. & H. Anthostomella picaceum (C. & E.) Saee: Asterella fraxinina D. & H. Asterstroma cervicolor (B. & C.) Massee Aylographum onocleae D. & H. Camarosporium dichomeroides Brun. Catinula turgida Desm. Ceracea corticicoides (E. & E.) Pat, Ceratostoma avocetta (C. & E.) Sace. Cladosporium molle Cooke Colletotrichum helianthi Davis Coniophora vaga Burt Certicium alutaceum (Schrad.) Bres. atrovirens Berk. centrifugum (Lev.) Bres. confluens Fries epigaeum E. & E. pezizoideum E. & E. polyporoideum B. & C. scutellare B. & C. stramineum Bres. “ vagum B. & C. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 9 ceanothi FE. & E. crataegi E. & E. Dendrophoma variabilis D. & H. Diaporthe artospora D. & H. ig spiculosa’ (A. & S.) Nitsch. Diatrypella minutispora Dearness ¥ missouriensis E. & E. Dimerosporium echinatum EF. & E. Dothiorella hicoriae D. & H. Eutypa crustata (Fr.) Sacc. Gloniella ovata (Cooke) Sacc. 4 parvulata D. & H. x vaccinicola D. & H. Gloeosporium castanopsidis D. & H., ¥ hedericolum Maub!anc Glonium pruni D. & H. Glutinium exasperans Fries Gymnosporangium kernianum Bethel Helicosporium nymphaearum Rand Humaria peckii House Hypochnus olivascens Cylindrosporium Ch. (a 1G) Burt spongiosus (Schw.) Burt subferruginosus Burt subvinosus Burt Illosporium coccinellum Cooke Labrella celastri D. & H. Laestadia caricis D. & H. u smilaciniae D. & H. Leptothyrium castanicolum FE. & E. Leptostromella chenopodii D. & H. “cc “ Leptosphaeria acuta (M. & N.) Karst. Lophiostoma insidiosum (Desz1.) Scr E, Macrophoma ulmicola Dearness Melanomma _ inspissum (Schw.) Cooke Metasphaeria squamata (C. & E.) acc. Midotis irregularis (Schw.) Sacc. Mycena filopes (Bull.) Quel. Mycosphaerella opuntiae (FE. & E.) Mytilidion fusisporum (Cooke) Sacc. Nigredo occidentalis (Diet.) Arth. Odontia nivea (Karst.) i Ovularia bistortae (Fckl.) Sacc. Peniophora affinis Burt iy arachnoidea Burt . laevis (Fr.) Burt * peckii Burt 7 pubera (Fr.) Burt * praetermissa (Karst. ) Burt ,: sordida Karst. rh velutina (DC.) Cooke Phlyctaena arcuata Berk. Phragmidium occidentale Arth. Phyllosticta alcides Sacc. + amicta EO & EF: a gaultheriae E. & E. Ls omphaleae D. & H. salicicola Thum. tiarellae Dearness Pseudoplectania nigrella (Pers.) Fckl. Puccinia epilobi-tetragonis (DG.) W int. “ec seymouriana Arth. veronicarum DC. Puccinastrum sparsum (Wint.) Ed. Fisch. Ramularia aequivoca (Ces.) Sacc. Rhizopogon occidentalis Zeller & Dodge Rosellinia obtusissima (B. & C.) Sace. Scleroderris Karst. Scolectotrichum cardui Schroet. Septoria araliae FE. & E. hedeomae D, & H. Sphaeropsis ellisii Sacc. * hedericola (Speg.) Sace. Sporodesmium naviculum D, & H. Stereum erumpens Burt si ochraceoflavum Schw. Tympanis buchsii (JZenn.) Rehm : laricina (Fckl.) Sace. Valsa variolaria (Schw.) Cooke Valsaria toxici (Schw.) Sacc. Vermicularia sambucina E. & D. Winterina crustosa FE. & E, “ fuliginosa (Pers.) IO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM A SMALL COLLECTION OF PLANTS FROM CENTRAL NEW* YORK, COLLECTED BY DR ASA GRAY, 1&32 A small but most interesting and valuable addition to the state herbarium during the past year, consists of a collection of about 130 specimens of plants collected and carefully labeled by Dr Asa Gray in 1832. They appear to have been collected chiefly near Utica. The following letter from the donor, Mr John Hurley, president of the New York State Board of Pharmacy, contains all that is known of their history. Little Falls, N. Y. May 7, 1917 John M. Clarke, Ph. D. Director’s Office, Education Bldg. Albany, N. Y. My DEAR SIR: : Your letter of May 4th at hand Saturday morning, and it gives me great pleasure to note that the botanical collection sent you met with your hearty approval. I would state that some fifteen years ago my partner, Mr O’Rourke, purchased a house and lot for a residence for himself (in Little Falls), and while doing some repairs to that house I strolled into the attic one day and I noticed a bundle on the floor wrapped in a newspaper. I brought the same to the store and upon investigation it was found to contain the: botanical specimens just as I sent it to you. In the 1830’s, this house was owned and occupied by one Mr William Brooks, a prominent lawyer and a man possessed of some money. Mr Brooks had two sons, one William jr, the other Thaddeus. Dr Asa Gray, who at that time resided in Utica, was a great friend of William Brooks jr and made many visits to his home in this city. From the Brooks home- stead he would roam over the hills and mountains taking in places like Richfield Springs, Cherry Valley, Paine’s Hollow and other places surround- ing Little Falls, for the purpose of collecting specimens of botanical herbs. On many of these occasions William Brooks jr would accompany Professor Gray on his exploring trips searching for new and fresh specimens. There is no doubt but that Professor Gray intended to transport these specimens to his original collection in the city of Utica, and of course why they were left in the Brooks home, there is no one left of that family to tell the story. The Brooks family, consisting of two brothers and two sisters, have passed away. However, the neighbors remembered very well the circumstances of the visits and stays of Professor Gray with the Brooks family. These specimens were collected while Professor Gray was a teacher in the city of Utica; and were in the Brooks house from the time they were dated until some fifteen years ago when Mr O’Rourke purchased the residence for a home for himself and sisters. Since that time I have had them in my possession. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 II I trust that this information will cover your inquiry, and I assure you that if there is anything further that I can tell you about this collection I will be only too glad to do so and to assist you in every way possible. Hoping that this will prove satisfactory, with my kindest regards, I am, Very truly yours JoHN HURLEY The inference to be drawn from this letter to Doctor Clarke, that the plants were collected near Little Falls and inadvertently left in the Brook’s house, is not borne out by the labels accompanying the specimens. All excepting about a dozen were collected at or near Utica during the month of May 1832. A very few were collected at Little Falls, Paris and other localities. A glance at the list of species, shows that the bundle contained a fairly representative collection of plants which bloom during May in the vicinity of Utica, and it is quite possible that the collection represents a set of common flowering plants of that season which Professor Gray presented to some member of the Brooks family. This assumption is further borne out by the fact that the specimens are not very ample, but just a small or fairly good speci- men of each species. There are also very few duplicates and very few rare species, if we except Collinsia verna, which in those days was said to be common near Utica, but is now a rare plant in our flora. Following is a list of the species represented, using the names of current botanical literature: Actaea alba Carex flava 3 rubra “« festucacea Acer spicatum “ gtamularis Anemone quinquefolia “* — canescens e canadensis “eracillima Arisaema triphyllum ‘« swanii Asplenium felix-foemina “ hystricina Bicuculla cucullaria “ —hirtifolia Capnoides sempervirens * ) echinata Carex bullata “-« beeeora “ bromoides “|, Jasiocarpa *. 4 lacustris “flexuosa “ oligocarpa I2 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Carex platyphylla prasina pallescens careyana rosea retrorsa scabrata schweinitzii scoparia scirpoidea trisperma trichocarpa tribuloides stricta umbellata pseudo-cyperus varia vulpinoides Carpinus caroliniana Caltha palustris Cardamine bulbosa 0 pennsylvanica Caulophyllum thalictroides Clintonia borealis Cornus alternifolia Zs canadensis stolonifera Coptis trifolia Cypripedium parviflorum - pubescens reginae Collinsia verna Dryopteris cristata Dentaria diphylla Eriophorum alpinum Fragaria virginica Geum rivale Floerkea proserpinacea Galium trifidum Hamamelis virginiana Hepatica acutiloba Hydrophyllum virginicum Isotria verticillata Ilex verticillata Juglans cinerea Kalmia polifolia Lithospermum arvense Linnaea americana “ “ Lonicera dioica as oblongifolia Lemna trisulca Juncoides campestris Medeola virginica Mitella diphylla “nuda Memyanthes trifoliata Minulus ringens Galeorchis spectabilis Panax trifolia | Osmunda cinnamonea nS claytoniana Prunus virginiana “ serotina Pyrola secunda “ uliginosa Prunus pennsylvanica Ranunculus pennsylvanicus Phlox divaricata Platanus occidentalis Ribes americanum Streptopus roseus Samolus floribundus Senecio aureus Scutellaria galericulata Sambucus pubens Trientalis borealis Trillium erectum 7" grandiflorum undulatum Tsuga canadensis Tiarella cordifolia Unifolium canadense Vagnera racemosa : stellata Veronica officinalis a scutellaria Viburnum alnifolium Valerinella radiata Uvularia grandiflora Viola canadensis “pubescens cucullata conspersa Vagnera trifolia Washingtonia claytoni “ce REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1917 13 The most interesting species represented in this package are the following: Cerex platyphylla Carey, near Utica, June 1832 (as Parex anceps). Carex oligocarpa Schk., Frankfort, Herkimer county, June 1832. amex Ccareyana. Torrey, near Utica, June 1832 (as Cerex plantaginea). Carex swanii (Fernald) Mackenzie, Oriskany, Oneida county, June 29, 1832 (as Carex hirsuta). Carex livida (Wahl.) Willd., Oriskany swamp, June 29, 1832. Carex deweyana Schw., near Utica, June 1832. Serrinsta verna Nutt., Utica, May 1832. - This from Oneida county is new to the state herbarium although we have speci- mens of it from outside the State. Paine states that it occurs on wet meadows on the flats of the Mohawk, just below Utica and on the borders of a small pond near Utica (Kneiskern). He also cites Gray’s collection and one from Ithaca (Aiken). The latter speci- men is in the Beck herbarium in the State Museum. J. V. Haberer,* who has contributed much of value to our knowledge of the flora of central New York, does not mention this species in his notes on the Plants of Oneida County and Vicinity and I assume that he has not rediscovered this plant, which seems to have been known only to Kneiskern and Gray. 1 Rhodora, 7: 92-97; 106-10. I905. I4 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM NOTES ON LOCAL BLOEAS: ¥ Anchistea virginica (Linnaeus) Presl. (Woodwardia virginica Smith) A common fern in the coastal region but considered rare or local in other parts of the State. It is known, however, from numerous localities in the central part of the State and its extreme northern range is apparently indicated by a collection from a dry sphagnum bog near the Grass river at Canton, St Lawrence county (Mrs Orra Parker Phelps, August 24, 1916) and Beaver lake, Lewis county (B. D. Gilbert).* In Oneida county it has been collected in the swamps of Rome by Paine? (p. 176) and at Sylvan Beach by H. D. House.’ Paine also reports it from Wetmore’s pond on Frankfort Hill, Herkimer county, and from Junius, Seneca county, where it has also been collected by Peck. In Oswego county it occurs in a bog 3 miles east of Phoenix (H. D. House, August 13, 1915), and at Kasoag (Peck). In Onondaga county it is found in Cicero swamp (H. D. House, August 15, 1916). Westward it is not so frequent, but occurs in the bogs at Mendon, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 5, 1917) and at Adams Basin (Baxter* p. 131). It is also reported from Counterfeiter’s ledge, Akron, Erie county, and Cas- sadaga, Chautauqua county, by Day’. In the southern tier of counties it is reported from to miles north of Binghamton by Clute® and from Machias, Cattaraugus county, by Fenno’. ‘-Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fee This rare fern, well known in the Catskill region, was first found in the Adirondacks by Professor Peck® in 1871, on the base of Bartlett mountain near Lower Ausable lake, Essex county, where it has again been recently collected (E. P. Killip, July 24, 1917). Lower Ausable lake is not in North Elba and hence this fern does 1 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 6, p. 363. 1870. * J. A. Paine jr. Catalogue of the Plants of Oneida County and Vicinity, 18th Ann. Rep’t Regents, 1865. 3 Torreya, 3: 166. 1903. * Beckwith, Macauley & Fuller. Plants of Monroe County and Vicinity. 1806. First Supplementary List by Beckwith, Macauley & Baxter. 1gro. °D. F. Day. Catalogue of the Native and Naturalized Plants of the City of Buffalo and Vicinity (Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sciences Bul. 4, 1882). Reprinted and repaged. 1883. © Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 23, p. 424. 1806," 7N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 67, p. 51. . 1903. 8 24th Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 101. 1872. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 15 not appear in Peck’s list of North Elba plants, but it has more recently been reported from North Elba by Edgar Tweedy’. In Warren county it has been found by Mrs E. Watrous near Hague (July 15, 1907). These constitute the known Adirondack localities. Lycopodium clavatum var. brevispicaturh Peck Summit of Black Bear mountain, near Inlet, Hamilton county (H. D. House, June 26, 1917). The type of this interesting variety ‘of club moss was collected by Peck’? on Wallface mountain, July 17, 1900. It has also been reported from White Lake, Oneida county, by Haberer”’. Selaginella rupestris (Linnaeus) Spring On rocky ledges, Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, Sep- tember 12, 1917). The various collections and published reports» @i this small:fern ally indicate that it is rather local. Paine’ (p. 181) reports it only from Little Falls and Alexandria Bay. Day’ (p. 92) reports it from the cliffs of the Niagara river and in the Plants of Monroe County* (p. 134) it is recorded by M. S. Baxter from dry sandy barrens at Penfield, a rather unusual habitat for the species but which has also been noticed by Burnham and Latham” at Orient Point on Long Island. It has also been collected at Troy by E. C. Howe and at Little Falls by Haberer. Ammophila arenaria (Linnaeus) Link Common on the sandy fields and banks bordering Lake Ontario near Round pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3, 1917). Paine*® (p. 167), reports this grass from here stating that it is “abundant ... over the long bars against Round pond, Long pond, Cranberry pond and Braddock’s bay, covering the ridges of clear sand,” etc. Panicularia grandis (S. Watson) Nash Penneld; Monroe county (M. S. Baxter, August 13, 1916). Marsh near Pittsford, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 5, 1917). Apparently an uncommon species of grass but widely distributed in this State, having been collected at Apullia, Onondaga county (H. D. House, August 13, 1916), Lake Placid, Essex county (H. D. ®°N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 167, p. 36. 1913. 10 54th Rep’t N Y. State Mus., p. 162. 1901. 11 Rhodora, 7: 96. 1905. t*otreya, 14: 230. . 1914. 16 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM House, September 7, 1917), and near Gloversville, Fulton county (AS Olsson June 2g, 1012). Eleocharis intermedia habereri Fernald’® Muddy banks of the Hudson river at-Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, September 12, 1917). The type of this variety was collected on the shores of Oneida lake by J. V. Haberer (no. 1149<, Vienna, Oneida county, August 2 and 18, 1900). MHaberer’s speci- men numbered 1149a in the state herbarium is from Lewis Point, Madison county.* The writer has observed, however, that this variety is frequent on the shores of all four counties which border on Oneida lake. Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg Marsh on the edge of Round pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3; 2o07). Carex buxbaumii Wahlenberg On an open marsh near Mendon, Monroe county (H. D. House, july 2, 1917), srowing with Carex stricta Lam: © aq em lasiocartpa Hhrh; "Carex tleptatlea” Wank, "Cac diandra Schrank and Juncus balticus Willd. Carex livida (Wahlenberg) Willdenow Mendon marsh, Mendon, Monroe county (E. P. Killip, July to, 1917). Paine’ (p. 159) reports this rare sedge from the East dry-lots swamp near Jerusalem hill, Litchfield, southern Herkimer county, and also says that it formerly occurred in Oriskany swamp, Oneida county. There is a specimen collected in Oriskany swamp by Asa Gray in June 1832, in the state herbarium. Peck’ and also Haberer have recollected this species in the state marsh near Litch- field. Sartwell’s Carices Americae Septentrionalis contains Carex livida (no. 66) from Oneida (Vasey), Kneiskern also seems to have collected it at Oneida (state herbarium), both probably from Oriskany swamp. Carex albursina Sheldon Palmer’s glen, Rochester, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 5, 1917). Peck’® has reported this sedge under the name of Carex 13 Rhodora, 8: 130. 1906. 14N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 116, p. 35. 1907. 15 soth Rep’'t N. Y. State Mus., p. 127. 1897. 16 47th Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 17. 1804. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 17 laxiflora Lam. var. latifolia Boott, from the Helderberg mountains and Sanford’s Corners, Jefferson county. Carex shriveri Britton Moist meadows near Albany (H. D. House, July 30, 1917). Also reported by Peck"’ under the older name of Carex haleana Olney (not Dewey), from Meadowdale, Albany county. Carex tuckermani Dewey Edge of marsh near Old Forge, Herkimer county (H. D. House, June 28, 1917). Xyris montana H. Ries* Paine in his catalog of Oneida county plants? (p. 146) first reported this characteristic Adirondack species under the name of Xyris bulbosa Kunth, from “muddy edges of an elevated pond at the east end of Bald rock, northern Herkimer county.” This locality was rediscovered by E. P. Killip in 1916. In Gray’s Manual (ed. 5, p. 548; 1868), the plant is designated as Xyris flexuosa var. pusilla Gray. It was reported® in 1873 from “borders of a pond in southern Hamilton county,” and Dr C. H. Peck” reported it from the “cranberry marsh,” Sandlake, Rens- selaer county. Around the edges of ponds and lakes in northern Oneida county the species is rather frequent. Dr J. V. Haberer™ reports it from White lake, Round lake, Deer pond and Beaver meadows near North Wilmurt (Herkimer county). He also describes a form marae teo-sa. Recent collections in the state herbarium are from Saranac Lake (Peck), Bellow’s lake, Fulton county (C. P. Alexander) and Long Lake, Oneida county (H. D. House and E. P. Killip, August 9, IQI7). Heteranthera dubia (Jacquin) MacMillan Shore of Oneida lake near the mouth of Oneida creek (H. D. House, August 19, 1917). Also collected here in 1902. Paine’ (p. 146) reports this species from near Utica, Unadilla river (Gray), Eaton, Madison county (Bradley), Junius, Seneca county (Sartwell), Genesee river and Irondequoit bay (C. M. Booth). 17 4sth Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 30. 18093. 18 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 19, p. 38. 1802. 19 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 4, p. 25. 1873. 20 22d Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 103. 1869. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 94, 35. 1905. 71 Rhodora, 7: 94. 1905. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 105, p. 36.- 1906. i8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Juncus dudleyi Wiegand Bergen swamp,fGenesee county (H. D. House, July 4, 1917). Castle swamp, Oneida, Madison county (H. D. House, June 30, 1917). Sandy fields, Sylvan Beach, Oneida county (H. D. House, August 17, 1917). Near Gloversville, Fulton county (A. Olsson, jume* 20; “To12): These localities are additions to the known range of this species in New York State, cited by Wiegand”. Peck* also reports it from Marl creek near Cortland and in the state herbarium is a specimen collected by Peck at Amagansett, Long Island. The species 1s usually found in marl bogs, but the Sylvan Beach and Amagansett specimens were growing in pure sand. Juncus filiformis Linnaeus Avalanche pass, Adirondack mountains (Douglas M. White, July 27, 1917). Peck has collected this rare species in the Adiron- dack region at Morehouseville, Rainbow lake and on Mount Marcy. Paine’ (p. 144) reports it from the head of Oneida lake upon the authority of Gray and near Sackett Harbor, also upon Gray’s authority. Juncus torreyi Coville* (J. nodosus var. megacephalus Torrey) Olcott Beach, Niagara county (H. D. House, August 13, 1917). Johnstown, Fulton county (A. Olsson, September 13, 1913). Charlotte, Monroe county (L. Holzer, July 1864, who makes this interesting note upon the label “ I should make this a distinct species from nodosus”). Holzer’s collection is cited by Paine’ (p. 145) and Torrey” (p. 326) describes it as a variety from specimens col- lected by Asa Gray on the shores of Lake Ontario. Streptopus amplexicaulis (Linnaeus) DeCandolle Swamps near Jordanville, Herkimer county (H. D. House, June 24, 1917). A rather frequent species throughout the Adirondack region having been collected by Peck at Loon Lake, Franklin county, and at Chapel pond and head of Cascade lake, Essex county. Peck also collected it at Jordanville and Paine? (p. 143) reports it as 22Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 27, p. 524. 1900. 23 sath Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 143. IQOI. 24 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 22, p. 303. 18695. 25 John Torrey, Flora of New York, 2 v. 1843. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 19 occurring in most of the swamps of the high hills of southern Herkimer county. Criosanthes arietina (R. Brown) House (Cypripedium arietinum Fk. Brown) With one exception, the records of this rare orchis are limited to localities in central New York. That exception is a collection made near Hague, Warren county, by Mrs E. Watrous”. Paine’ p. 190) reports it from Sunimit lake, Otsego county, Jordanville (southern Herkimer county) and near Oneida lake (Gray). He also states that it was formerly found near the Plattekill, Schenec- tady county. Mrs M. O. Rust™ records it from Cicero swamp, Onondaga county, and H. D. House” cites specimens collected near Syracuse (Beauchamp), Cicero swamp (House), and Mud lake near Jordanville (Haberer). It was recently seen and collected in a swamp just south of Jor- danville (H. D. House and E. P. Killip, June 24, 1917). Many years ago B. D. Gilbert” found in the swamp at Summit lake, Otsego county, a pure white-flowered form which may be desig- nated as Criosanthes arictina forma albiflora. Perularia flava (Linnaeus) Rydberg Moist meadows near Long pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3, 1917), growing in company with the common green orchis (Limnorchis hyperborea), which it greatly resembles. Lysiella obtusata (Pursh) Rydberg Moist woods near Cohasset on Fourth lake, northern Herkimer county (H. D. House, June 27, 1917). ‘This is not far from the only locality reported by Paine? (p. 135) “mossy springy banks between Third lake and Bald rock.” Peck has collected th's rare orchis on Whiteface mountain and near North Elba. Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydberg Grassy swamp east of the Wood farm, North Elba (E. P. Killip, July 29, 1917). Perhaps the same locality as reported by Peck*. 76N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 122, p. 132. 1008. 27 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 10, p. 67. 1883. 78 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 32, p. 374. 1905. 29 22d Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 103. 1860. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 167, p. 35. 1073. 20 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM This beautiful fringed orchis is not rare in the Adirondack region although published reports of its distribution are few. It occurs in an old beaver meadow near Fourth lake, Herkimer county (House and Killip, 1917) aud Dr J. V. Haberer” “(p.-05) teporis it from White lake outlet and from the headwaters of Black river near North lake. Arethusa bulbosa Linnaeus Apparently as abundant throughout the northern, central and western portions of the State as it is upon the sandy coastal plain, although more locally distributed. Paine’ (p. 137) reports it from Schenectady (Pearson), near Utica and in the Oriskany swamp (Gray), beyond Fort Bull, Junius, Seneca county (Sartwell) and in Bergen swamp. In Bergen swamp, Genesee county, it is very abundant. It was collected there by H. D. House and E. P. Killip and also at Lily marsh, South New Haven, Oswego county, Mud lake near Hannibal, Oswego county, and at Mud pond, near Zurich, Wayne county. It was also collected at Lily marsh by C. S. Shel- don (July 5, 1877, state herbarium). The Lodi swamp locality at Syracuse reported by J. H. Wibbe®, and by H. D. House”, no longer exists. Ophrys australis (Lindley) House (Figure 1) Sphagnum bog surrounding Mud pond, near Zurich, Wayne county “(H. D. House and E. P. Kallip, July-2; ao17). The dic tribution of this rare orchis in New York has been previously referred to by the writer.** Recent collections, however, of this and other species of the same genus seem to indicate the rather interesting fact that they are all known chiefly from regions outside the Adirondack and Catskill mountains. In fact I can find no records of any species of Ophrys (Listera) in the Catskill mountains; and of the many records for Ophrys cordata, only two are in Essex county, while the third species, Ophrys convalarioide’s, has been found only at Turin, Lewis county and at Newport, Herkimer county™ (p. 380), neither locality within the Adirondack mountains, although Mrs A. M. Smith® reports it from the Adirondack League Club tract. The first record of Ophrys australis in New York was 31 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 10, p. 46. 1883. = Torreya, 3: 52. 1002, S8N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 176, p. 26. 10915: 34 38th Ann. Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 83. 1885. *° Annie Morrill Smith, List of Plants Found on the Adirondack League Club Tract, p; 52. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 21 made by the late Rev. Hermann Wibbe** who found it in the “ Lily marsh ” at South New Haven, Oswego county, on June 15, 1878. It has since been collected there by Charles S. Sheldon (June 27, 1879, state herbarium) and by H. D. House and E. P. Killip (July I, 1917). H.D. House* (p. 380) cites collections from near Bald- winsville, Onondaga county (Beauchamp, Underwood, O. E. Pearce and others). It was collected at Fine, St Lawrence county, by Peck and at Canada lake, Fulton county, by C. P. Alexander and A. Olsson*. In 1894, W. W. Rowlee™ collected it at East Palermo, Oswego county. | In 1916 it was collected in a bog east of Duck lake, Conquest, avuee county, by-L. Griscom™, A. A. and A. H. Wright, F. P. Metcalf, K. M. Wiegand and L. H. MacDaniels, and near Victory, waeuen county, by L. Griscom, A. A. and A. H. Wright, F. P. Metcalf and K. M. Wiegand. Ophrys cordata Linnaeus (Piptre’ /T.) The accompanying map which shows the distribution of the three species of Ophrys in New York indicates this as the most abundant and widely distributed species in this State. There are few local floras which do not record it, among them being Dudley’s Cayuga Flora. Paine* (p. 137) reports it from southern Herkimer county, flats of the Mohawk valley, swamps west of Rome, Paris hill and southern Oneida county (Gray). F. V. Coville reports it from Smithville, Chenango county, and this with a record from Unadilla Forks are cited by Clute*® (p. 104). Day’ (p. 76), records it from three localities in the western counties, and in the Plants of Monroe County and Vicinity* it is reported only from Bergen swamp, Genesee county, where it was again collected by W. W. Rowlee*™ and also by H. D. House, M. S. Baxter and E. P. Killip (July 4, 1917). Mrs Goodrich* reports it from near Clay, Gewutteen county (p. 72) and Gordinier and Howe” record it from Rensselaer county. 86 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 6, p. 192. 1877 and 31st Ann. Rep’t N. Y. State Mais., Dp. 31. 1870. 87W. W. Rowlee. Revision of the Genus Listera. Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 26, p. 165. 1899. 383. P. Metcalf & L. Griscom. Rare New York State Plants. Rhodora, 19: 52. IQI7. 89 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 12, p. 53. 1885. 40W.N. Clute. Flora of the Upper Susquehanna. 1808. 41Mrs L. H. H. Goodrich. Plants of Onondaga County. 1912. #2 Gordinie- & Howe. Flora of Rensselaer County. 1894. 22 NEW YORK’ STATE MUSEUM H. D. House*® (p. 378) cites other localities in central New York including Syracuse (Underwood), Baldwinsville (Beauchamp) and Fenner, Madison county (Underwood). by es Ss a aw fz} = OF SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF Rochester OPHRYS + Ophrys cordata | wy OUTLINE MAP ec. 2p, ec Dunkirk augus Cret O Ophrys australis FI Ophrys convalarioides Scale of Miles rongwarts g ~ > Z = S 2 < of) e2| ale) Ee In southern New York the species is rare. Hollick and Britton® report it from Staten Island on the basis of an old specimen in 43 Hollick & Britton. Flora of Richmond County. 1879. Distribution of the genus Ophrys in New York Rig. I REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9QI7 : 23 the Elliot collection, and the record of “Listera conval- larioides Hook.” in O. R. Willis’s** Flora of Westchester County (p. 815), in all probability refers to this species. Corallorrhiza corallorrhiza (Linnaeus) Karsten (C. trifida Chatelain) Cedar swamp near Jordanville (H. D. House and E. P. Killip June 24, 1917). It has also been collected here by Peck (state herbarium) and Paine* (p. 138) records it from Trenton Falls, cedar swamps of the Mohawk flats near Utica, Paris hill, Hidden lake, Jordanville and Mud lake (the last three in Herkimer county). House* reports it from Baldwinsville (Beauchamp) and from Syracuse, Onondaga county (Underwood). In northern New York, Peck has collected this small orchis at Lake Placid and North Elba*®, Elizabethtown*’, Fine, St Lawrence county, and Sageville. Myrica carolinensis Miller This dwarf species of wax myrtle is very abundant on the sandy coastal plain of Long and Staten Islands and has been reported up the Hudson valley as far as Cold Spring, Putnam county, by Peck®. Its occurrence in several marl bogs throughout western New York has long been known and, along with several other coastal plain species found on the Ontario lowlands, indicates a relationship between the vegetation of the two regions. Early reports all refer to this species as Myrica cerifera. Paine* (p. 127) reports it from Junius (Sartwell), Seneca county, Rochester (Chester Dewey), Parma (Bradley) and the swamps of West Bergen. G. W. Clinton* reports it from Caledonia. Numerous collections have been made at the Bergen swamp locality Memeo baxter, ©. H. Peck, E: P. Killip, H. D. House (July 4, 1917) (June 2, 1916) and others. At Junius it has also been col- lected by Peck and by H. D. House (August 10, 1917). Persicaria careyi (Olney) Greene Marsh near Albany (H. D. House, July 30, 1917). Peck” records this species from Minnewaska and the state herbarium also 440. R. Willis. Flora of Westchester County (Bolton’s History of West- chester County, p. 771-826). 1881. Reprinted and repaged. pel otmeya, 3: 54. 1003. - oN. ©. State Mus.. Bul. 157, p. 3&. ro1z 47N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 28, p. 130. 1800. 25 kept N.Y. State Mus., p. 107. 1873. #9 roth Ann. Rep’t Regents, p. 79. 1866 50 53d Rep’t N. Y. State Mus., p. 852. 1900. 24 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM contains specimens collected at Tappan (C. F. Austin), Fulton county (C. P. Alexander) and Wading river (Young)**. Paine® (p. 121) reports it from Summit lake, Otsego county, and Mud lake, southern Herkimer county. Ranunculus delphinifolius Torrey” Golah, Monroe county (E. P. Killip, June 15, 1917). This is apparently the variety « of R. purshii in Paine’s catalogue’ (p. 54), where the species is reported from marshes east of Onon- daga lake, and along the shore of Lake Ontario at Sodus bay (p. 182). Beck and Tracy® (as R. lacustris) report it from “near Lansingburg and near Lewiston,” while the Beck herbarium contains a specimen from near Albany and one from Rochester (Bradley). In the Monroe county flora* (p. 42) it is reported from West Henrietta, Chili, Gates and Wayne county. Gray™ reports it from near Watertown, and it has been collected at Ithaca (C. S. Sheldon, 1880), Albany (Peck) and Rossie, St Lawrence county (Peck, June 14, 1909). In southern New York it is reported from Wading River by E. S. Miller*? and from Orient by Burnham qnd Lat- ham**, from Staten Island by Hollick and Britton’. The “true Ranuneuluspurshin “Richards? ‘(Pranm Jour., p. 741; 1823) is referred to by Paine (p. 54) as variety B while his variety 7 is quite certainly the so-called variety terres- tris Orr Rhancunculis del phinit oli as Aquilegia vulgaris Linnaeus The European columbine is an occasional escape near dwellings but in southern Herkimer county it has become in certain localities a very common weed, especially in old fields and in pastures. When in full bloom (June 24, 1917) it is very conspicuous. Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal The papaw, which is rather abundant throughout the southern states, is known in New York State from only a few localities in arth Rept N, Y. State Mus; p. r72 1877, 52 Eaton. Manual, ed. 2, p. 395. 1818. 58 Beck & Tracy in N. Y. Med. & Phys. Jour., 2: 112. 1823. Ann. Lye, Nat. Hist. N. Y:, 3: 221, 1836. 55 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 6, p. 258. 1878. 56 Torreya, 14: 241. IQI4. ‘7 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 18, p. 213. 1801. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 25 the western counties. Recently collected in an old field near the New York Central Railroad about 2 miles east of Brockport, Mon- roe county (H. D. House, August 15, 1917). Paine* (p. 57) cites Greece and Parma, Monroe county (Brad- ley), shore of Lake Erie near Barcelona (Kneiskern). In the Monroe county flora the Brockport locality is credited to Prof. W. H. Lennon and it is also reported from Adams Basin by Baxter. Day’ (p. 15) reports it from Sturgeon Point, Erie county (C. H. Williams), Lockport and Middleport, Niagara county (James Hall), mouth of Chautauqua creek (Kneiskern) and Medina, Orleans county (Dr Hugo Schmidt). It is interesting to note here that adult specimens of the butterfly (Iphiclides ajax telamonides), the larvae of which feeds upon the papaw, have been taken on the flowers of the fire- mecca (Chamaenerion angustifolium) in North Elba, Essex county, along the road to Keene, at an altitude of about 2000 feet, on July 17, 1912. The papaw is unknown in this region and so far as we know does not occur nearer than Monroe county or New Jersey, but it is possible that the larvae of ajax has other food plants than the papaw. Radicula hispida (Desvaux) Britton On the sand bar between Braddock’s bay and Lake Ontario, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3, 1917). Polanisia graveolens Rafinesque Along sand bars of the Hudson river near Wemple, Albany county (H. D. House, September 29, 1917). This has been pre- viously reported from the banks of the Hudson below Garrisons by fo. Merttiam’ and at Peekskill® by S._B. Mead. Paine. (p. 62) reports it from Schenectady (Pearson), Oneida lake (Vasey), Cayuga Bridge (Bradley), Crooked lake (Sartwell). It is also recorded from near West Point by W. W. Bailey®* and George W. Clinton” mentions collections of it from Kings county made by Smith and Leggett. The state herbarium also contains specimens of this rather local species from Seneca lake (Gray), Owasco lake °3F. E. Watson & L. V. Coleman in Brooklyn Entomological Soc. Bul. 8, p. 4-6. Oct. 1912. °° Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 3, p: 38. 1872. Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 3, p. 40. 1872. 61 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 13, p. 60. 1886, 62 roth Rep’t Regents, p. 204. 1866. 26 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM (Sheldcn, 1879) and Barcelona, on shore of Lake Erie (J. R. Churchill, August 11, 1896). Potentilla paradoxa Nuttall Very abundant on the sand bar at the outlet of Braddock’s bay, Monroe county (H. D. House and E. P. Killip, July 3, 1917). This locality has long been known as one of the few stations in this State where this rare species of five-finger grows. It was first recorded from here by Paine (p. 186) and later by Dr N. L. Britton. It has also been collected at Fair Haven, Cayuga county, by Charles S. Sheldon (July 30, 1880) and at Sodus Bay by E. L. Hankenson (state herbarium). J. F. Cowell®™ reported it from the cattle yards at East Buffalo in 1883, where it was evidently introduced from the west. Potentilla intermedia Linnaeus Shore of Lake Champlain, near Port Henry (E. P. Killip, August 8, 1917). A rare species, sparingly introduced from Europe and also collected several years ago at Flushing, Long Island by George Pe Erulst”, Geum aurantiacum Fries” (Geum rivale x strictum Rydberg)" Stems 6 to 8 dm high from a perennial root, smooth below, finely pubescent in the inflorescence and on the upper part of the stem. Basal leaves 1 to 5 dm long, the smaller ones with somewhat rounded, blunt leaflets, 3 to 5 in number, cuneate at the base; petioles somewhat ciliate at the base; leaflets of the larger leaves lanceolate in the lower pair to oblanceolate or obovate and acute in the pairs below the orbicular or orbicular-obovate terminal leaflet, glabrous above and below, paler beneath; sepals purplish, broadly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, I to 1.5 cm long, becoming reflexed; petals 1.5 to 2 cm long, clawed at the base, the apex emarginate, yellowish or purplish yellow. Adirondack mountains (C. H. Peck, June). No information is given on the label by Doctor Peck as to the exact locality, but the plant was doubtless collected in the vicinity of North Elba. Agrimonia bicknellii (Kearney) Rydberg™ Related to Agrimonia parviflora, from which it is 68 Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 21, p. 31. 18094. *4 Buffalo Nat. Field Club Bul. 1, p. 86. 1883. 6 A. J. Grout in Torreya, 2: 51. 1902. “ Schentz. Nova Acta Soc, Upsal, III. 7, pt 6, p.. 30.'' 1870. 67 North American Flora 22: pt 5, p. 407. 1913. Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 38, p. 450. ro1z. North American Flora 22, pt 5, Pp. 394. I913. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9Q17. 27 marked chiefly by its tuberous thickened roots, fewer leaflets, velvety pubescence and absence of glandular-granulules on the leaves of the stem. Vaughns, Washington county (C. H. Peck, August 7). Tappan- town, Rockland county (C. F. Austin). Astragalus carolinianus Linnaeus Sandy fields near Long pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3, 1917). Not a rare plant in western New York although Paine’ (p. 72) records it only from the east side of Onondaga lake and from Seneca lake. The Beck herbarium contains a specimen from Rochester and also one labeled “Albany, G. W. Clinton.” The latter locality might be questioned were it not for the fact that the same species is reported from the banks of the Hudson by Wright and Hall®. It has not been collected in eastern New York within recent years and was not observed by Doctor Peck. Lespedeza brittonii Bicknell Edge of woods, Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, Septem- ber 12, 1917). Stems widely spreading and somewhat ascending, resembling Meibomia michauxii in general habit. The type collected at Bronxville, New York City, seems to be the only other published record of the occurrence of this species in New ean. state (lorréya, 1: 103. Igor). Polygala paucifolia forma alba (Eights ) feeuciftolia var. alba Eights: T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1:'132. femge; Forr. Fl. N.Y. r:152. 1843. Pipeucitolia var. albiflora Knight, Rhodora 8:66. 1906. | Stony woods near Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, June 2, 1917). The occurrence of this pure white-flowered form of the fringed milkwort in large patches suggests that the under- ground rhizomes afford the chief means of reproduction in this plant. Paine* (p. 71) reports this form from Schenectady (Pear- son) and Otsego county (Mrs J. Shaw). It has also been found at Pond lake, Broome county by C. F. Millspaugh”, and near Binghamton by H. L. Griffis (state herbarium). as & Hall. Catalogue of the Plants of Troy and Vicinity, p. 8. 1836. Torrey Bot. Club Bul. 12, p. ror. 1885. 28 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Viola triloba Schweinitz This violet has been in the past so frequently confused with Viola palmata, that the older published records afford little data of value regarding its distribution. Recent collections and the material in the state herbarium indicate that it is common in most parts of the State except the Adirondack region and the northern counties. The following collections are represented in the state herbarium: Rensselaer county: Lansingburg (C. H. Peck, June 5, 1905), Bald mountain (H. D. House, August 25, 1916). ‘Albany county: Wemple (H. D. House, June 9,,1917). Monroe county: Mendon (H. D. House, July 5, 1917). Nassau county: Port Wash- ington (H. D. House, May 20, 1916). Viola septentrionalis Greene A frequent violet in most parts of the State except the coastal plain and especially abundant in woodlands of the Adirondack region. Peck” reports it from Warrensburg, Warren county, and Minerva, Essex county. He has also collected it at North Elba and other places in the northern part of the State (state herbarium). Recent collections of this species from other parts of the State are: Albany county: Kenwood (Rubinger, May 1916). Herkimer county: Cedar Lake (H. D. House, June 23, 1917). Madison county: Onedia (H. D: House, May 15, 1915). Oneida countye Tabere (ED: ‘House, June 7, 1916). Genesee county: Bergen swamp (H. D. House, June 2, 1916). Viola labradorica Schrank A small subalpine and subarctic violet with leaves one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch wide, linear stipules which are entire or nearly so and small bright-blue flowers. A species formerly con- fused with the common american dog violet (Viola muhlen- bexena: Dorr): Mossy hummocks in a cold sphagnum bog near the head of Fourth lake, Hamilton county (H. D. House, June 26, 1917). Minerva, Fssex county (C. H. Peck, in state herbiar1um). I would also refer to this species with little hesitation specimens collected at Randolph, Cattaraugus county, by William B. Limberger, May 1909 and distributed under the name of Viola cardamina- folia Greene. They are presumably cotypes of Greene’s species which was collected by Mr Limberger at Randolph. 71N, Y. State Mus. Bul. 94, p. 35. 1905. REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI7 29 Viola adunca J. E. Smith 'A rather local violet confined chiefly to sandy and stony sterile soil, or sometimes on ledges of shale rock. All our specimens are from the northern and western parts of the State. It has been referred to the European Viola arenaria DeCandolle, also reported as Viola canina var. puberla S. Watson, and Viola subvestita Greene. ; Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, May 18, 1917). Luzerne; Warren county (H. D. House, July 20, 1917). Sylvan Beach, Oneida county (H. D. House” and also July 21, 1914). North Elba, Essex county (C. H. Peck). Warrensburg, Warren county (C. H. Peck). Gloversville, Fulton county (A. Olsson, Pune 15, 1912). Frasera carolinensis Walter (Figure 2) Shaker woods near Sonyea, Livingston county (E. P. Killip, June 1, 1917). This is a rare and local species throughout the western counties of the State. Paine® (p. 116) reports it from the banks of the Genesee river (Hadley), East Bloomfield, Ontario county (Sartwell), Monroe county (L. Holzer and C. M. Booth) and south of Moscow, Livingston county (Bradley). There is a duplicate of the Bradley collection in the state herbarium. The reference in Torrey’s Flora of New York” (2: 109) to the occur- rence of this species along the West Canada creek in Herkimer county is quite obviously a mistake, as pointed out by Paine. George W. Clinton*® (p. 78-79) cites observations by David Thomas and also by himself and D. F. Day which indicate that this species is a triennial plant. Veronica teucrium Linnaeus Well established along roadsides near Mexico, Oswego county (H. D. House and E. P. Killip, July 1, 1917). Not previously reported from New York. Agalinis acuta Pennell” Moist depressions of the Hempstead plains, Long Island (H. D. House, September 8, 1915). Thisis Agalinis parvifolia (Chapman) Small, in Britton & Brown’s Illustrated Flora, 3: 212, 1913, as to the northern extension of range there credited to the v Lorreya, 5 8) 73 Torrey Bot. Club Bul, 42, p. 338. IQIS5. 30 . NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM species. It also occurs on Martha’s Vineyard (M. L. Fernald, Bo tember 12, 1901. Plantae exsiccatae Grayanae, no. 45). Agalinis maritima Rafinesque A common species in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast and rarely in bogs of the Ontario lowlands, in this respect exhibiting an extension of range comparable to that of Myrica carol nensis, Blephariglottis