REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I917 1 7 



1 a X i f 1 o r a Lam. var. 1 a t i f o 1 i a Boott, from the Helderberg 

 mountains and Sanford's Corners, Jefferson county. 



Carex shriveri Britton 



Moist meadows near Albany (H. D. House, July 30, 191 7). Also 

 reported by Peck^^ under the older name of Carex h a 1 e a n a 

 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 

 fl e X u o s a var. p u s i 1 1 a 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 

 bracteosa. 



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, 

 1917). 



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). 



"45th Rcp't N. Y. State Mus., p. 30. 1893. 



^^ Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 19, p. 38. i8q2. 



^^ Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 4, p. 25. 1873. 



20 22d Rep't N. Y. State Mus., p. 103. 1869. K. Y. State Mus. Bui. 94, 



P- 35- 1905. 



-^ Rhodora, 7 : 94. 1905. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 105, p. 36. 1906. 



