REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I917 2/ 



marked chiefly by its tuberous thickened roots, fewer leaflets, velvety 

 pubescence and absence of glandular-granulules on the leaves of 

 the stem. 



Vaughns, Washington county (C. H. Peck, August 7). Tappan- 

 town, Rockland county (C. F. Austin). 



Astragalus carolinianus Linnaeus 



Sandy fields near Long pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, 

 July 3, 1917). Not a rare plant in western New York although 

 Paine" (p. y2) records it only from the east side of Onondaga lake 

 and from Seneca lake. The Beck herbarium contains a specimen 

 from Rochester and also one labeled "Albany, G. W. Clinton." 

 The latter locality might be questioned were it not for the fact that 

 the same species is reported from the banks of the Hudson by 

 Wright and Hall '^^. It has not been collected in eastern New York 

 within recent years and was not observed by Doctor Peck. 



Lespedeza brittonii Bicknell 



Edge of woods, Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, Septem- 

 ber 12, 1917). Stems widely spreading and somewhat ascending, 

 resembling M e i b o m i a m i c h a u x i i in general habit. The 

 type collected at Bronxville, New York City, seems to be the only 

 other published record of the occurrence of this species in New 

 York State (Torreya, i: 103. 1901). 



Polygala paucifolia forma alba (Eights) 



P. paucifolia var. alba Eights ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 132.. 

 1838 ; Torr. Fl. N. Y. 1:152. 1843. 



P. paucifolia var. a 1 b i f 1 o r a Knight. Rhodora 8 :66. 

 1906. 



Stony woods near Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, 

 June 2, 191 7). The occurrence of this pure white-flowered form 

 of the fringed milkwort in large patches suggests that the under- 

 ground rhizomes afford the chief means of reproduction in this 

 plant. Paine^ (p. 71) reports this form from Schenectady (Pear- 

 son) and Otsego county (Mrs J. Shaw). It has also been fovmd 

 at Pond lake, Broome county by C. F. Millspaugh'^", and near 

 Binghamton by H. L. Griffis (state herbarium). 



^^ Wright & Hall. Catalogue of the Plants of Troy and ViriMiv, p. 8. 

 1836. 

 ^° Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 12, p. loi. 1885. 



