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search of Pole?no?iiiwi acrtileum^ L., a station for it given me by C. 
D. Fretz, M.D. I failed to find it, wanl of time preventing as com- 
plete a search as I should have liked. The locality is peculiar, a 
pond, surrounded by a bog, elevated, I should think, from 300 to 
500 feet above the river valley and in a depression; south and west 
sides wooded, the others clear, and no visible source to keep up the 
water supply. However, I was rewarded for my visit, as I found 
Brasenia peliaia^ Pursh., Pogonia ophioglossoides^ Nutt., Carex comosa^ 
Boott., Potentilla palustris^ Scop., in flower, and two or three plants 
as yet undetermined. In May, I found Jefferso7na diphylla, Pers., 
and Phlox divaricata^ L., near Dansville, Livingston County; Cassan- 
dra calyculata^ Don.;, near Wayland; Deniaria laciniatd^ Muhl., and 
Allium iricoccum^ Ait., at Cohocton, Steuben County, Adlimiiacirrhosa^ 
Raf., grows on the hills south of Addison, Steuben County. For 
this county, I can report the following as new finds: Cardamine 
rliojnboidea^ DC, very scarce ; Viola stricta^ Ait., one station 
on bank of Chemung River; Vitis riparia, Michx,; Hibiscus 
Trionum^ L., escaped; Lespcdeza Stuvci^ Nutt,(?); Pibes rubrum^ 
L. ; Trifolium agrai'ium^ L. ; Saiiicula Canadensis^ L. ; Solidago 
Muhlenbergiiy T. &r G.; Polynmia Canaderisis^ L., Chemung 
Narrows, rare; Cichorium Intybiis^ L,, streets, N. Elmira City; 
Mulgedium acti??iinatum^ DC; Pyctianthenwm lanceolatum^ Pursh., 
Newtown Cr, Horseheads; Fraximis pubescens^ Lam., Chemung 
River; Phlox divaricatay L., one or two specimens, rare, and the 
most easterly station in the State known to me; Scutellaria galcricu- 
lata^ L., bank of Chemung River; Quercus macrocarpa, Michx., rare 
along the Chemung; Acorus Calamus ^ L., rare; Sagiitaria heterO' 
phylla^ Pursh, " Buttonwoods," Elmira, only station known tome; 
Allium Canadense^ Kalm,, bank of Chemung, Ashland township, with 
Viola stricia^ Ait.; and Carex pallcscens^ L. 
I have over six hundred duplicates, from this county mostly, and 
would be glad to exchange with other botanists, or sell sets if desired. 
Elmira, N, Y. Thos. F. Lucy. 
Notes. — /uncus acuminatus^ Michx., var. legilimus^ Gray. — The 
form with proliferous heads has been very common during the past 
season. More specimens were found in this condition than other- 
wise, which I believe to be something unusual. These heads are 
almost invariably inhabited by large numbers of a species of aphis, 
which seems to find something peculiarly attractive there. 
Elymus Canadensis^ L, — Specimens of this also were found with 
proliferous heads. 
Osmunda cinnamomea^ L. — In the month of September I found in 
a meadow, from which a crop of hay had been removed early in the 
season, a large number of the sterile fronds of this fern, with the 
pinnae contracted to a greater or less degree and bearing sori, but 
still distinctly retaining their foliaceous character. This condition 
seems to be something akin to the var. obtusilobata oi Onoclea sensi- 
bilis^ L- Its appearance, I have no doubt, is explained by the cutting 
off of the frond during its period of most vigorous growth, and the 
consequent shock to the vitality of the plant. 
