26 TweEnty-SEconp ANNUAL ReEporT on STATE CABINET. 
grow so intermingled that a small tuft frequently contains several 
different species. 
The time between May 12th and November 1st was spent in the 
field in making observations and collections. Specimens have been 
taken from the counties of Albany, Essex, Herkimer, Rensselaer, 
Greene, Richmond, Kings, Queens and Suffolk. The number of 
specimens collected is about four thousand, belonging to six hun- 
dred and ninety-seven species, of which three hundred and ninety 
species are new to the Herbarium; three hundred and seventy- 
eight new to the State flora, and three are new to science, and 
are now described for the first time. The distribution of these 
species among the classes and orders is given below in tabular form. 
A list of the names is given in a paper marked B. The desiderata 
especially supplied in the Phcenogamia is marked opposite the name 
in this list. 
TABULAR STATEMENT OF PLANTS COLLECTED. 
No. of speci-|Species rep-| Species new | Species new | Species new 
mens. resented. | to Herb’m. to State. to Science. 
(Estimated.) 
: 700 ibe Ulu bs 173 
Nils ee 400 69 51 69 
Lichenes,....... 900 105 105 | 105 
Hepaticw. 24: . 200 33 13 | + 
LLC CaS eee oe 800 98 23 13 t 
Characer, ...... 20 7 7 4 
OCS a 15 3 
Cryptogamia, ...| 3,085 488 372 371 Ut 
Pheenogamia, ...| 1,000 209 18 if 2 
Pouca ol k 4,035 697 390 378 3 
Apart from the plants themselves, a small quantity of the seeds 
of two hundred and forty-two species has been collected. Seeds 
not only afford characters for comprehensive classification, but they 
also frequently furnish good marks for specific distinction; hence 
their presence in the Herbarium is quite important. With them it 
is possible, should a specimen, whose station is remote or exhausted, 
become lost, to replace it by raising a new plant. A list of the 
species of which seeds have been collected is marked C. 
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