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SOME INTERESTING PLANTS FROM LONG
ISLAND aN Y-

By WILLIAM C. FERGUSON

The following plants were collected by the writer mostly
during solitary rambles, with the following exceptions.

Phaseolus polystachyus, while with Mr. Roy Latham, of Orient.

Epilobeum palustre and Cassia marilandica were collected by
Mr. Norman Taylor of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden while
with the writer.

Filix fragilis, and Gentiana crinata were collected by the late
Thomas Lynton Briggs and Walter S. Allen, both of Flushing.

‘Both Corallorrhizas by Mr. Allen.

In determining the rarity of these plants the writer was guid-
ed by “Flora of the Vicinity of New York’? by Mr. Norman
Taylor, who kindly checked up a part of the list with discoveries
made since his book was published.

Eupatorium Torreyanum is new to the area covered in “Flora
of the Vicinity of New York.”’

Lycopodium carolinianum is new to New York state.

These plants marked A are new to Long Island, or have been
reported but with no herbarium specimens.

Those plants marked B the writer has found only in the lo-
cality cited. In all other cases the plants have been found in
other localities than those cited.

The collecting period—1918—19—20-21.

The naming has been very kindly verified or corrected by
the following authorities.

Gramineae—Mrs. Agnes Chase

Cyperaceae—Dr. N. L. Britton, Mr. K. K. Mackenzie

Polygonaceae—Dr. John K. Small

Violaceae—Dr. Ezra Brainerd

Lentibulariaceae—Dr. John H. Barnhart

Bidens—Mr. Earl E. Sherff.

The other at the N. Y. Botanical Garden, by Dr. P. A. Ryd-
berg, Dr. Francis P. Pennell, Mr. Percy Wilson.

POLY PODIACEAE
A.B. Filix fragilis (L.) Underw. Cold Spring Harbor

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EQUISETACEAE
B. Equisetum fluviatile L. Sag Harbor

LYCOPODIACEAE

A.B. Lycopodium carolinianum L. Ronkonkoma

ZANNICHELLIACEAE
A.B. Potamogeton natans L. Yaphank.

ALISMACEAE

B. Helianthium parvulum (Engelm.) Small. Queens.

GRAMINAE

B. Zizania aquatica L. Flushing.

B. Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S.P. N.W. of Platts-
dale.

A.B. Brachyelytrum erectum (Schieb.) Beauv. Plattsdale.

B. Sporobolus uniflorus Muhl. Central Islip.

B. Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapm. Riverhead.

A.B. Leptochloa fascicularts (L.) A. Gray. Montauk.

B. Aristida tuberculosa Nutt. Ronkonkoma. Good Ground.

A.B. Panicularia pallida, var. Fernaldii Hitche. Pine Stream.
Near Rockville Center.

A. Panicum longifolium Torr. Meadowbrook.

Panicum villosissimumi Nash. Smithtown.

A.B. Panicum pseudopubescens Nash. Valley Stream. South
of 3 Mile Harbor.

A.B. Panicum commutatum Schultes. Cypress Hills.

B. Panicum auburne Nash. Ronkonkoma. Shoreham.
Wading River. Garden City. Hempstead Reservoir.
CYPERACEAE

B. Carex polymorpha Muhl Hempstead Reservoir.

A.B. Carex squarrosa L. Queens.

A.B. Carex scoparia, var tessellata Fernald. Montauk.

. Carex Collins. Wyandanch.

. Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. Ronkonkoma.

. Carex rostrata Stokes. Ronkonkoma.

. Carex scabrata Schwein. Millneck. Co'd Spring Harbor.
. Carex oblita Steud. Roosevelt.

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A.B. Carex aestiviliformis Mackenzie. Roosevelt.
Carex atlantica Bailey. Merrick, Wyandanch.

A. Carex styloflexa Buckley. Millneck.

A. Carex abscondita Mackenzie. Cold Spring Harbor.
A.B. Carex gracillima Schwein. Kissena, Flushing.

A. Carex straminea Willd. Roosevelt.

Carex plano Mackenzie. Miullneck.

Cyperus ferax L. L. Richard. Millneck.

. Eleocharis Engelmanni Steud. Montauk. Cypress Hills.
. Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr. E. of Middle Island.

. Eleocharis tricostata Torr. E. of Middle Island.

. Fuirena squarrosa Michx. Wading River.

. Rynchospora corniculata (Lam.) Gray. Smithtown.

. Scirpus cyperinus-Andrewsui Fernald. Millneck.

. Scirpus subterminalis Torr. Yaphank, Ronkonkoma.

JUNCACEAE
B. Juncus scirpoides Lam. Rockville Center.

MELANTHACEAE
A.B. Melanthium latifolium Desr. N. of Plattsdale.

ORCHIDACEAE

B. Gymnadeniopsis clavellata (Michx.) Rydb. Wyandanch.
B. Corallorrhiza maculata Raf. N. of Deer Park. Success
Lake.

B. Corallorrhiza odontorhiza Nutt. N. of Deer Park.

Limodorum tuberosum L. Meadowbrook.

Leaf 30 cm. x 3% cm. Flowers subtended by very conspic-
uous bracts of the following lengths starting with the lowest.
rem. 454 cm:, 834 cm., 9.em.,,6cem., 54% cm., 3cm. Seven
bracts in all and 1 to 3 m.m. wide. Raceme 15 c.m. long.
Rev. Dr. H. M. Denslow kindly compared this plant with sixty-
nine sheets in Herbarium of N. Y. Botanical Garden, localities
extending from Newfoundland to Alabama. A few of the more
southern plants had leaves approaching the above in size but
none as large. All had the very small bracts characteristic of the
species. Have seen but a single plant and the question is
whether it is a new species or an abnormal form of Limodorum
tuberosum.

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SALICACEAE

Salix Bebbiana Sarg. Central Park.
B. Salix lucida Muhl. Central Park. Sag Harbor.

POLYGONACEAE

B.A. Persicaria setacea (Baldw.) Small Montauk. Platts-
dale.

B. Persicaria amphibia (L.) S. F. Gray. Cypress Hills.

B. Polygonum buxiforme Small. Montauk.

B. Rumex persicarioides L. Montauk. Point O’ Woods.

CHENOPODIACEAE
B. Chenopodium rubrum L. Montauk.
AMARANTHACEAE
B. Amaranthus pumilus Raf. Point O’Woods.
ALSINACEAE
B. Arenaria caroliniana Walt. Napeague.
PORTULACEAE
B. Claytonia virginica L. Millneck. N. W. of Plattsdale.
RANUNCULACEAE
B. Aquilegia canadensis L. Montauk.
CRUCIFERAE
B. Arabis canadensis L. Millneck.
DROSERACEAE
B. Drosera filiformis Raf. Wading River.
SAXIFRAGACEAE

B. Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small. N. of Kew Gar-
dens Northport.
B. Micranthes pennsylvanica (L.) Haw. Millneck.

ROSACEAE
Agrimonia rostellata Wallr. Southold.

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AMYGDALACEAE

B. Prunus pennsylvanica L. f. King’s Park.
A.B. Prunus cuneata Raf. Central Park. Medford. Hemp-
stead Plains (Isle of Pines).

CAESALPINACEAE
B. Cassia marilandica L. S. W. of Roslyn.
FABACEAE

B. Lathyrus palustris L. Easthampton.
B. Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) B.S. P. Southold.

GERANIACEAE

B. Robertiella Robertiana (L.) Hanks. Point O’Woods.
POLYGALACEAE

B. Polygala lutea L. Central Islip.
CALLITRICHACEAE

B. Callitriche palustris L. Bayside.

ANACARDIACEAE

B. Rhus hirta (L) Sudw. Albertson. Montauk. Point O’
Woods. Hempstead Reservoir.

BALSAMINACEAE
B. Impatiens pallida Nutt. Roslyn.

HY PERICACEAE

B. Hypericum majus (Gray) Britton. Montauk. Queens.
Flushing.
CISTACEAE

B. Lechea tenuifolia Michx. Wading River. N. of Pinelawn.

VIOLACEAE

A.B. Viola incognita Brainerd. N. of Merrick.
A.B. Viola incognita var. Forbesi Brainerd. Cold Spring
Harbor. Miuillneck.
LYTHRACEAE

B. Rotala ramosior (L.) Kuhn. Cypress Hills.

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ONAGRACEAE
A.B. Epilobium palustre L. Central Islip.
AMMIACEAE

B. Zizia cordata (Walt.) D. C. N. of Kew Gardens.
B. Zizia aurea (L.) Koch. N. of Kew Gardens.

CORNACEAE
A.B. Cornus rugosa Lam. King’s Park.
VACCINIACEAE
B. Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. & G. Central Islip.
GENTIANACEAE
B. Dasystephana saponaria L. Meadowbrook.
B. Dasystephana Andrewstt Griseb. Millneck.
B. Gentiana crinata Froel. N.W. of Brentwood.
MENYANTHACEAE
B. Nymphoides lacunosum (Vent.) Kuntze. Wyandanch.
SCROPHULARIACEAE
B. Agalints virgata Raf. Ronkonkoma. Central Islip.
LENTIBULARIACEAE

B. Stomoisa juncea (Vahl.) Barnhart. Flanders.

A.B. Setiscapella ‘subulata (L.) Barnhart. Ronkonkoma.
Central Islip. Wading River.

Utricularia pumila Walt. Ronkonkoma.

RUBIACEAE
B. Galium lanceolatum Torr. N. W. of Plattsdale.
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
A.B. Viburnum Lentago L. Kissena, Flushing.
LOBELIACEAE
B. Lobelia siphilitica L. Bayside. Flushing.
CICHORIACEAE
B. Hieracium canadense Michx. King’s Park.

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COMPOSITAE

B. Eupatorium rotundifoium LL. Hempstead Plains. Gar-
den City.

A.B. Eupatorium Torreyanum Short. Hempstead Plains.
Garden City.

B. Gnaphalium Hellert Britton. Ronkonkoma.

Bidens discordea (T. & G.) Britton. Montauk. Smithtown.
Plattsdale.

B. Bidens comosa (Gray) Wiegand. Hempstead Plains. Gar-
den City.

B. Bidens trichosperma-tenuiloba (Gray) Britton. Point O’
Woods.
. Bidens (cernua x connata). N. W. of Plattsdale.
. Coreopsis rosea Nutt. Wading River. Bridgehampton.
. Aster nemoralis Ait. S. of Flanders.
. Erigeron ramosus-discoidens Robbins. Montauk.
. Solidago patula Muhl. Mullneck. Flushing. Bayside.
. Solidago Elliottiti T. & G. Central Islip. Easthampton.
Hempstead Reservoir.

A.B. Doellingeria humilis (Willd.) Britton. Miullneck.

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