REPORT. 



To the Ilonorahle the Regents of the University of the State of 

 New Yorh : 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor of communicating to you the 

 following report, covering the time from September, 1S93, to 

 July, 1894. 



Specimens of plants for the State Herbarium have been col- 

 lected by the Botanist in the counties of Albany, Clinton, Essex, 

 Oneida, Rensselaer, Suffolk, Ulster and Washington. 



The number of species of which specimens have been added to 

 the Herbarium is 115, of which £4 were not previously represented 

 therein. The species described as new are 10. A list of added 

 species is marked A. 



CoiTespondents to the nutnberof 11 have contributed specimens. 

 Most of these specimens represent extra limital specieS; but five 

 species new to the State are represented by them and four new 

 to .science. A list of the contributors and of their contributions 

 is marked B. 



A record of species not previously recognized as belonging to 

 our flora, together with descriptions of new species, is marked C. 



Notes and observations on species already recorded will be 

 found under D. 



The genus Carex is one of the largest, and at the same time one 

 of the most distinct and most easily recognized, of all our plant 

 genera. In the Flora of the State of New York, Dr. John Torrey 

 records 91 species belonging to this genus. In 1881 the number 

 of New York species had increased to 119. At the present time 

 we have more than 130 species. Only 29 are recorded in the 

 Manual that have not been found in our State, and six of these 

 are introduced species and yet quite limited in their range. The 



