University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 

 Charles H. Peck State Botanist 



Bulletin 75 

 BOTANY 7 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1903 



To the Regents of the University of the State of Neio York 



I have the honor of submitting to 3^011 the following report of 

 work done in the botanical department of the State Museum 

 during the past year. 



Specimens of plants for the herbarium have been collected in 

 the counties of Albany, Columbia, Essex, Hamilton, Oswego, 

 Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, • Warren and Washington. 

 Specimens that were collected in the counties of Chautauqua, 

 Chemung, Essex, Herkimer, Onondago, Ontario, Richmond, Sara- 

 toga, Schoharie, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Wayne and Westchester 

 have been received from correspondents. 



Specimens collected and contributed represent 193 species. Of 

 these, 4(5 are new to the herbarium and 13 are considered new or 

 undescribed species. Of the 46 species, 35 are from the collections 

 of the state botanist, 11 from those of correspondents. Of the 

 13 species, 12 belong to the collections of the botanist, one to 

 those of his correspondents. A list of the names of the species 

 added to the herbarium is marked A. 



A list of the names of contributors and of the names of their 

 respective contributions is marked B. The number of those who 

 have contributed specimens is 41. Some of the specimens con- 

 tributed belong to extralimital species. Some were sent merely 

 for identification, but if for any reason their preservation seemed 



