REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST igi2 ^yj 



Warren co. It is limited in quantity in the North Elba locality 

 and it is hoped that any one finding it will be careful not to exhaust 

 the locality. 



Seligeria pusilla B. & S. 



Limestone rocks. Chilson lake, Essex co. Mrs N. L. Britton. 

 This is the second New York locality for this very rare little moss. 



Senecio robbinsii Oakes 



The Robbins' ragwort has become very abundant in some of the 

 low wet meadows in North Elba and constitutes a large percentage 

 of the hay cut from them. It is uniformly spread over the meadows 

 and when in flower gives to them a more subdued yellow hue than 

 the common buttercup gives to drier meadows earlier in the season. 



Serapias helleborine L. 

 This rare and somewhat local plant occurs in many places in deep 

 woods in Monroe county. The suggestion that it may have been 

 introduced for medicinal purposes does not seem to be well 

 sustained, since inquiry by a resident of the locality among some 

 of the oldest inhabitants there failed to elicit any evidence to sub- 

 stantiate such a supposition. A fine, unusually heavy, fruited form 

 of the species was found growing in dense woods along the banks 

 of the Genesee river below Rochester by M. S. Baxter. 



Trillium grandiflorum (Mx.) Salisb. 

 A " double flowered " form of this beautiful trillium has appeared 

 several years near Howes Cave and is apparently permanently estab- 

 lished. It has three whorls of petals beside the calyx lobes, but no 

 stamens or pistils. It is needless to say that it bears no fruit, as 

 all the essential organs of the flower are transformed into petals. 

 It was discovered there in May by F. W. Kelley of Albany who 

 has kindly contributed a specimen to the herbarium. 



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