University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frf.dkrick J. H. Merrill Director 

 Charles H. Peck State Botanist 



Bulletin 67 



BOTANY 6 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1902 



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



1 have the honor of submitting to you the report of work done 

 in the botanical department of the State Museum during the past 

 year. 



Specimens of phmts for the herbarium have been collected in 

 the counties of Albany, Columbia, Essex. Fulton, Hamilton, 

 Herkimer, Oneida. Rensselaer, Saratoga, Suffolk, Washington 

 and Westchester. Specimens have been received from correspon- 

 dents that were collected in the counties of Albany, Cayuga, Dela- 

 ware, Erie, Essex, Herkimer, Monroe, New York, Oneida, Onon- 

 daga, Ontario, Saratoga, Schenectady, Seneca. Schoharie, St 

 Lawrence, Suffolk, Tioga, Wayne and Westchester. 



The specimens collected and contributed represent 289 species, 

 of which 235 belong to the collections of the botanist, rti to those 

 of correspondents; 59 are new to the herbarium, 230 are now more 

 fully and completely represented than before. Of the 59 species, 

 17 are considered new species and are herein described as such. 

 Of these. 15 are among the collections of the botanist, two belong 

 to those of correspondents. All of the new species are fungi. 

 The number of species added to the flora of the State is 73, but 

 14 of these have previously been united with other species either 

 as forms or varieties. They have recently been published as dis- 

 tinct species and are now included in the additions to our flora. 

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

 herbarium is marked A. 



