REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1901 945 



The mature leaves, by the deflection of their margins, have a 

 drooping appearance, the upper surface being convex, the lower 

 concave. This is sliown to some extent in the dried specimens in 

 the herbarium. The leaves do not flatten fully in the plant 

 press but present folds or wrinkles when dried. 



Crataegus modesta Sarg. 



Dry hills and slaty knolls. Near North Albany and Lansing- 

 burg. June. The specimens which we have referred to this 

 species meet the description fairly well but the plant is quite 

 variable. On dry clayey hillocks north of Albany it has a strag- 

 gling starved appearance, bears small leaves and few or no 

 thorns. On slaty knolls north of Lansingburg it is more thrifty, 

 has larger leaves which are often somewhat three lobed by rea- 

 son of the greater development of the basal lobes, and it bears 

 more numerous thorns which are sometimes 2 inches long. It 

 flowers a little later than the two preceding species and is also 

 later in ripening its fruit. It is a rather small shrub, usually 



4 to 6 feet high. 



Crataegus holmesiana Ashe 



Near North Albany and Lansingburg, also in Sandlake where 

 it is the prevailing species. May. The number of stamens 

 varies from 5 to 8, and serves when the plant is in blossom as a 

 ■distinctive mark of the species. The fruit ripens early in Sep- 

 tember and has an agreeable flavor. 



Crataegus pruinosa Wend. 

 Crown Point, North Albany and Lansingburg. The pruinosity 

 of the fully grown fruit is a convenient mark for the recognition 

 of this species. 



Vernonia gigantea (Walt.) Britton 



Stony, hilly pastures. New Hartford, Oneida co. September. 

 J. V. Haberer. 



Antennaria parlinii arnoglossa Fern. 

 Pastures. Crown Point. May. 



