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BKPOKT OF THE STATE BOTANIST. 



the true species was found along the Oswegatchie river above 

 Cranberry lake and between Sternbergs and " The Plains." It is 

 a northern species, and will probably not be found as far south 

 as the Catskill mountains. 



Aster ptarmicoides T. & G. 



Rock}' ledges east of Whitehall. September. 



Bidens connata Muhl. 

 In the description of this species in the last edition of the 

 Manual, "rays none " is given as one of the prominent characters 

 of the species, and in the description given in Torrey's Flora of 

 New York, it is said that the rays are always wanting. Never- 

 theless plants of this species having conspicuous ray flowers 

 were found about Whitehall. Also Bidens cernua without rays 

 is common there and in other places farther north. 



Senecio Robbinsii Oukes. 

 Eocky cliffs east of Whitehall, in company with Aster 

 ptarmicoides. 



Thymus Serpyllum L. 



Stephentown, Eensselaer county. A. K. Ilarrison. 



Stachys palustris L. 



Drj' gravelly hillsides. Lebanon Springs. August. Ilarrison. 



This species, according to the botany and as indicated by the 

 name, commonly grows in wet grounds. But in the locality 

 mentioned it has been found only in patches on dry ground. 

 The plants are small and starved in appearance, probably the 

 result of uncongenial surroundings. The form previously referred 

 to this species as variety aspera is now classed as a distinct species, 

 and until now the typical form, or true S. palustris, has not been 

 represented in the State Herbarium. 



Polygonum Douglassii Greene. 

 This plant grows in thin soil covering rocks on Cobble hill near 

 Elizabethtown. It was first found near the summit, but it occurs 

 also near the base. Its branches are usually rather long, slender 

 and somewhat straggling, bent or crooked. It blossoms as late 

 as September. The sepals are greenish or red. The fruit is 

 drooping and drops easily. 



