REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I907 I3I 



REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Aster paniculatus bellidiflorus (W'illd.) Burg. 



A form answering well to the description of this subspecies was 

 found growing plentifully near the railroad station at Cairo, Greene 

 CO. in September. 



Carya glabra odorata Sargent 



Specimens were collected near Dykemans, Putnam co. June. 

 The leaflets are generally five and the lowest pair are generally 

 much smaller than the pair above them. The fruit is subglobose 

 with a thin husk. 



Castanea dentata Borkh. 



Fruiting specimens of the remarkable tree near Freehold, Greene 

 CO. known as the " burless chestnut " were obtained in September. 

 The fruit at that time was quite small, but the nut: show the exposed 

 manner of their development. The tree is mentioned in Sargent's 

 Silva of North America, volume IX, page 14, footnote. 



Clitopilus caespitosus Pk. 



This rather rare and singular mushroom, has appeared in several 

 localities this season and has shown a wider range of variation than 

 formerly. The pileus varies from 1-4 inches broad and the lamellae 

 from slightly rounded behind or subsinuate to slightly decurrent. 

 The mode of growth is not always strictly cespitose for occasionally 

 single specimens are found. The color of the spores is very similar 

 to that of the spores of Tricholoma personatum Fr., 

 T. nudum (Bull.) and T. sordidum Fr. but in the colors 

 of the plant it is more closely related to Clitopilus nove- 

 boracensis Pk. another species with very pale pink spores. 



Clitopilus conissans Pk. 



This species was described from inadequate material collected in 

 a dry time and showing the specific characters imperfectly. Undue 

 weight was given to the red color of the spores and the plant was 

 thereby referred to a genus with which it has but little affinity. 

 Specimens observed and collected this season indicate that its true 

 relationship is with Psilocybe on account of the entire absence of a 

 veil and its general habit. Its characters place it near P. s p a d - 

 i c e a , but the plants also have a striking similarity to H y p h o - 



