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Callitriche heterophylla^ Ph., is common on Long Island. 
Qiiercus palustris, Du Roi,, is found at Manor, Long Island, 
Cupresstis thyoidcs, L., is common around River Head, where it 
takes the place of the red cedar. 
Potamogeton hybridiis^ Mx. Wading River. 
Poiamoge.ton pusillus, L., var. tenuissimus. River Head. 
Potamogeton perfoHatus^ L. Northville and River Head. 
Potamogeton gramineiis^ \zx. graminmfolius. River Head. 
Spiranthes graminea^ Lindl., var. Walteri. Wading River. 
Liparis Lmselii, Richard. Wading River. 
Lachnanthes tinctoria^ Ell., was found at Manorvillc this year by 
Hon. Isaac Coles, of Glen Cove. 
Sporobolus serotinus, Gray. River Head. 
Muhlenbergia sylvatica, T. & G. River Head. 
Ely^nus Canadensis^ L., is common on Long Island. 
Panicum ainarum, Ell., is common at Wading River, on the 
sound, and at River Head, on the bay. 
. Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. In an old well at Rocky Point, and 
in a deep ravine at Wading River ; not a dozen plants in both local- 
ities. 
E. S. Miller, 
Additions to the Flora of Onondaga County- N. Y.— In spite of 
t^ry adverse weather the Syracuse Botanical Club has made 
some botanical excursions during the past season, and very satisfac- 
tory ones too. We have found the following plants, which were en- 
tirely new to us: 
Viola striata. Ait. (with cream-colored flowers); Corydalis 
flavula, Raf ; Atriplx hortensis, L., found by Mrs. Charles Barnes by 
the road near High Bridge ; Aplectnim hyemale, Nutt. (with bright 
lemon-colored flowers) ; sterile plants of Humulus Lupulus, L. ; 
"olygonum Virginianum, L. ; Quercus macrocarpa, Mx. ; Lappa offic- 
inalis^ Allioni, (with white flowers); Erythrcea Centaurium, Pers.; a 
sedge not identified ; Aster linifolius, L. ; Aster puniceus, L. (with 
rose-colored flowers); Aster simplex, Willd.; Aster puniceus, L., var. 
viinineus. Gray ; Helianthus decape talus, L. ; Aschpias phytolaccoides, 
J^ursh ; and Cladiuin mariscoides, Torr. Mr. Beauchamp sent to us 
irom Baldwinsville, Spergularia rubra, Presl., var. campestris. Gray, 
f^esides the above we have collected many species not represented 
11 our county herbarium. 
Syracuse, N. Y. ■ • Mary Olivia Rust. 
Flora of Sam's Point,— The note by Mr. Britton in the last num- 
ber of this journal, describing the botanical characteristics of Sam's 
t^^oint, omits mention of some peculiarities which I noticed during a 
^fl to this lovely spot in a most beautiful country, about the middle 
ot September of the present year. I there saw, for the first tmie. the 
American mountain-ash ( Pyrus arbutifolia), and was impressed 
^'th Us splendid appearance. The European species (P. aucupana) 
^ cultivated in Washington and vicinity, and I have often admired 
'he beautiful orange-colored berries; but our native species tar sur- 
