Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Bntered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post OfiBce at Albany, N. Y., under 

 the act of July x6, 1894 



No. 470 ALBANY, N. Y. 3 May i, 19 io 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Chakles H. Peck, State Botanist 



Museum Bulletin 139 

 REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1909 



Dr John M. Clarke, Director of State Museum: 



The following report of work done in the botanical department 

 of the State Museum for the year 1909 is respectfully submitted. 



Since the date of my last report specimens of plants for the 

 State herbarium have been collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Columbia, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Rensselaer, Steuben, St 

 Lawrence, Warren and ^^^yoming. Specimens have also been 

 added to the herbarium that were received from correspondents 

 and others. These were collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Cayuga, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Herkimer, Monroe, New- 

 York, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Queens, 

 Rensselaer, Schoharie, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren and 

 ^^'ashington. 



The number of species of which specimens have been added 

 to the herbarium is 255 of which 56 species were not before rep- 

 resented in it. Of these, 11 are considered new or hitherto un- 

 described species. All except one are fungi. The specimens of 

 the 199 species not new to the herbarium serve to give a better 

 or more complete representation of their respective species than 

 was given before. A list of the names of all the added species 

 is given under the title " Plants added to the herbarium.'' 



The number of those reported as contributors to the herbarium 

 is 66. Some of these have sent specimens for identification 

 merely, but when the specimens were collected in this State and 

 were received in good condition, if the species was previously 

 unrepresented in the herbarium or if for any other reason they 

 were deemed worthy of preservation, they have been preserved 

 and credited to the sender as a contribution to the herbarium. 



