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nearly exterminated in our State. It is therefore very gratifying 

 to know that there is even a hmited station only a few miles from 

 Albany. This place is so well fitted for its growth that most of 

 the plants are very vigorous and bear four leaves at the top of 

 the stem instead of three, the usual number. The roots also are 

 of unusual size and bear two to four branches, each of which is 

 as large as the unbranched root of ordinary plants. Only enough 

 specimens have been taken to properly represent this interesting 

 form in the State herbarium. It is very desirable that the plant 

 may continue to occupy this favorable locality for many years. 



Phyllosticta labruscae Thuem. 

 Living leaves of Boston ivy, Ampelopsis trie uspi data 

 S. & Z. IMenands, Albany co. July and August. A new host 

 plant for this parasitic fungus, which usually attacks leaves of 

 grapevines. 



Phycomyces nitens (Ag.) Kunze 

 Decaying specimens of the oak loving collybia, Collybia 

 dryophila (Bull.) Fr. Star Lake, St Lawrence co. August. 

 This is a form having spores .0016 of an inch (40 /j.) or more in 

 length. 



Psathyrella graciloides Pk. 

 Split Rock, Onondaga co. September. G. E. Morris. This is 

 a rare species found in our State but once before. 



Uromyces hyperici (Schw.) Curt. 

 Leaves of northern St Johnswort, Hypericum boreale 

 (Britton) Bickn. Griffin, Hamilton co. September. 



Urnula geaster Pk. 

 This species was described from mature specimens collected 

 near Austin, Tex. Fresh specimens, recently received from the 

 same locality and sent by Mr F. D. Heald, show that the char- 

 acter " urceolate or cupulate " in the original description [X. Y. 

 State Mus. Rep't 46, p. 39. 1893. Bot. ed.] is erroneous. The 

 recent specimens show both the mature and the immature con- 

 dition. The unopened plant has a closed receptacle, ellipsoidal, 

 hollow, tapering downward into a solid fleshy tough stem and 

 furnished at the apex with a slight blunt umbo. The plants grow 

 in clusters about the base of old stumps. They take their origin 

 several inches below the surface. The whole exterior is of a uni- 

 form brown color and covered with a minute velvetv tomentum, 

 but the flesh within is white both in the stem and in the receptacle. 



