REPORT. 



To the Honorable the Regents of the University of the State of New York : 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor of communicating to you the 

 following report : 



Specimens of plants representing the flora of the State have been col- 

 lected by the Botanist in the counties of Albany, Cayuga, Essex, Greene, 

 Franklin, Livingston, Oneida, Ontario, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, 

 Seneca, St. Lawrence, Suffolk, Rensselaer, Ulster and Warren. 



Specimens have been contributed that were collected in the counties 

 of Albany, Cayuga, Essex, Kings, Queens and St. Lawrence. 



The whole number of species represented by specimens added to the 

 Herbarium is 385, of which 251 belong to the collections of the Botanist 

 and 34 to those contributed. 



The whole number of species now represented in the Herbarium for 

 the first time is 52, of which 40 belong to the collections made by the 

 Botanist, 12 to those made by contributors. 



A list of the names of the species of which specimens have been added 

 is marked A. 



Specimens have been received from 32 contributors. Many of these 

 represent species not yet found within the hmits of our State, but they 

 are valuable for reference, comparison and study. Several of them rep- 

 resent species new to science. 



A list of the contributors and of their respective contributions is 

 marked B. 



A record of species not before officially reported as belonging to our 

 flora and descriptions of new ones, of which there are 17, all fungi, and 

 all except two belonging to the collections made by the Botanist, are 

 marked C. 



A record of observations on species previously reported, remarks con- 

 cerning them and descriptions of new varieties will be found marked D. 



In Sylloge Fungorum 234 species of the genus Collybia are described. 

 In our State 34 species have been found, and in other parts of this 

 country 21 other species, making 55 in all. The members of this genus 

 differ considerably from each other, and several of them approach so 



