REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQI14 47 
“ Barren sandy fields and copses on a ridge at the head of Oneida 
lake, parallel with the shore, beyond which are swamps. It is most 
abundant around the mouth of Fish creek. Here are the ruins of 
an old fort, which may account for the introduction of the plant. 
Two hybrids between this species and V. tha psus, one resembling 
the latter with a simple stem and yellow flowers, and the other the 
former with paniculate branches and white corollas, were observed 
by Kneiskern.” 
The ruins of the fort mentioned have disappeared, but the ‘ white 
mullin ” is still abundant there as are the hybrids mentioned, which 
may be described as follows: 
Verbascum lychnitis x thapsus, hyb. nov 
Flowers pale yellow in long terminal spikes or loosely panicled; 
leaves somewhat decurrent, stems angled; the two lower filaments 
of the flowers beardless like V. thapsus, the three upper ones 
clothed with whitish wool; flowers about 1.5 cm broad. 
5 ONONDAGA COUNTY 
Mariscus mariscoides (Muhl.) Kuntze 
Salt marshes, foot of Onondaga lake. Miss Mary Oliva Rust, 
September 19, 1883. 
Ruppia maritima L. var. onondagensis Fernald & Wiegand 
Onondaga lake, J: A. Paine, jr, 1864 (in herbarium of New 
York State Museum), Dr J. V. Haberer, September 1878. The 
specimens collected by Paine are quite likely duplicates of the type 
of the variety onondagensis, described by Fernald and Wiegand in 
Rhodora 16: 126. 1914. The differences between the plants col- 
lected by Paine and Haberer and one from Coney island (T. F. 
Allen, 1864) are so slight, that the plants from Onondaga lake can 
scarcely be regarded as a distinct variety. 
Plantago major Linn. var. intermedia (Gilbert) Des. 
Salt marshes near Onondaga lake. C. S. Sheldon, July 22, 1880. 
Also collected at Saranac lake and at Eastport, Long Island, by 
Peck. 
Carex eburnea Boott 
Limestone ledges and open places. Green lake near Kirkville. 
H. D. House, June 6, 1914. No. 5478. 
