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plant to Dr. Torrey, and subsequently to Dr. Gray. While await- 
ing their decision, we learn from Dr. Engelmann that it is a true 
Loranth. : 
This is what Dr. Engelmann says: 
“Mr. Peck of Albany has made a most curious discovery, in finding — 
on Abies nigra in your state a minute Arceuthobium, which is pro-— 
bably an undescribed species to be called A. minutum, but it has 
close analogies with the West Coast and Mexican A. campylopodium, 
Eng. I am just reviewing this curious genus, with plenty of ma — 
terial at hand—a deal of labor.” 
APOCYNUM, Tourn.—A, androsemifolium, L.; Closter, common, Austin; — 
Glen Cove, Coles ; Yonkers, Pooley ; Long Hill, N.J., W. H. Lj 
quite common ; “Along hedges, Greenwich,” Torr. Cat.; both ; 
sides of Harlem River, W. H. L.; Staten Island.—A, eannabinum, 
L.; common : Var. pubescens, DC.; N. Y. bank of Harlem River, — 
near 6th Ave., W. A. L. 
ASCLEPIADACE. : 
ASCLEPIAS, L.—A. Cornuti, Decaisne ; common ; N. Y.; the young 
‘shoots make an excellent potherb, Austin.—A, phytolaceoides, 
Pursh ; common and not rare; not reported from N. Y.—a. — 
purpurascens, L.; common,—4A, variegata, L.; along both banks of — 
Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the adjacent 
country, W. H. L.; Bloomingdale, Torr. Cat.; Long Island, : 
State Flora ; Glen Cove, Coles ; Closter, scarce, Austin.—A, qua- 
drifolia, Jacq.; common but not frequent, N. Y.— A. perennis, Walt., 
(A. parviflora, Pursh,) is put down in R. & P’s catalogue of — 
Central Park, but we suspect erroneously.—A, inearnata, L. 3 very 
common ; particularly the var. pulehra; N. Y.—A. obtusifolia, : 
Mchx.; common, especially in pine woods ; but not repo 
from N. Y.—A. rubra, L.; Glen Cove, Coles ; terminus of Centre-_ 
ville Ave., Centreville, L. L, Ruger ; said to have been found at — 
South Amboy.—A, tuberosa, L.; common; N. Y.—A. vertieillata - 
L.; “On the rocks at Passaic Falls,” Yorr Cat. ; Palisades, — 
common, Austin ; Red Bank, ete., N. J. ; Staten Island near New | 
Dorp ; West Flushing near Flushing Bridge, Ruger; Yonkers, 
_ Pooley. 
ACERATES, Ell.—A, viridiflora, Ell; “Dry hills and sandy fields 
southern part of the State,” State Flora ; East New York, and 
Centreville along the aqueduct, Ruger ; old fields, Closter, 1858, 
Austin ; New Dorp, Staten Island, W. H. L. : 
VINCETOXICUM, Mcench.—Y, nigrum, Moench ; Flatbush, Ruger ; eseap- 
ed and running wild near the road to Vandeveer’s mill, Filat- 
lands, Merriam. om 
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