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spores oblong or siibfusiform, triseptate, colored. .Oi .0008 of 

 an inch long, .00016-.00018 broad. 



Dead stems of pokeweed, Phytolacca decandra. Near 

 Trenton Falls. September. 



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 Lepidium virginicum L. 

 A dwarf form, 4 to 8 inches high and without branches, or 

 nearly so, was found growing in sandy soil near Delmar. A 

 similar form ofL. apetalum Willd. was found growing from a 

 thin coating of vegetable mold covering flat surfaces of outcrop- 

 ping rocks near Westport. This was in flower in May, the other 



in July. 



Lepidium ruderale L. 



Fine specimens of this species were found by the roadside near 

 Lansingburg. May and June. 



Raphanus raphanistrum T.. 

 A form with flowers of a peculiar brownish buff color, changing 

 to reddish brown with age, was found growing in sandy soil near 

 Karner. It was associated with the ordinary form and with the 

 cultivated radish, R. sativus. 



Viola papilionacea domestica (Bickn.) Poll. 

 Waste places about Port Jefferson. August. In fruit from 

 cleistogamous flowers. 



Drosera rotundifolia L. 

 A form of the round leaved sundew occurs near Port Jefter 

 son, in which the scape divides above, forming two flowering 

 branches with a flower in the axil. 



Rubus occidentalis pallidus Bail. 



Near Albia, Rensselaer co. In fruit in July, This diflfers from 

 the common form of the species in having pale yellowish fruit. 



Kneiffia pumila (L.) Spach 

 A much branched form, with branches straight and erect, or 

 nearly so, and flowering abundantly, was found near North 

 Albany in July. 



