REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I917 1 5 



not appear in Peck's list of North Elba plants, but it has more 

 recently been reported from North Elba by Edgar Tweedy''. In 

 Warren county it has been found by Mrs E. W'atrous near Hague 

 (July 15, 1907). These constitute the known Adirondack localities. 



Lycopodium clavatum var. brevispicatum Peck 

 Summit of Black Bear mountain, near Inlet, Hamilton county 

 (H. D. House, June 26, 1917). The type of this interesting variety 

 of club moss was collected by Peck^° on Wall face mountain, July 

 17, 1900. It has also been reported from White Lake, Oneida 

 county, by Haberer". 



Selaginella rupestris (Linnaeus) Spring 



On rocky ledges, Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, Sep- 

 tember 12, 1917). The various collections and published reports 

 of this small fern ally indicate that it is rather local. Paine" 

 (p. 181) reports it only from Little Falls and Alexandria Bay. 

 Day^ (p. 92) reports it from the cliffs of the Niagara river and in 

 the Plants of Monroe County^ (p. 134) it is recorded by AI. S. 

 Baxter from dry sandy barrens at Penfield, a rather unusual habitat 

 for the species but which has also been noticed by Burnham and 

 Latham^" at Orient Point on Long Island. It has also been collected 

 at Troy by E. C. Howe and at Little Falls by Haberer. 



Ammophila arenaria (Linnaeus) Link 



Common on the sandy fields and banks bordering Lake Ontario 

 near Round pond, Monroe county (H. D. House, July 3, 1917). 

 Paine" (p. 167), reports this grass from here stating that it is 

 " abundant . . . over the long bars against Round pond. Long pond, 

 Cranberry pond and Braddock's bay, covering the ridges of clear 

 sand," etc. 



Panicularia grandis (S. Watson) Nash 



Penfield, Monroe county (M. S. Baxter, August 13, 1916). 

 Marsh near Pittsford, Monroe county (H. D. House. July 5, 1917). 

 Apparently an uncommon species of grass but widely distributed in 

 this State, having been collected at Apullia. Onondaga county 

 (H. D. House, August 13, 1916), Lake Placid, Essex county (H. D. 



^ N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 167, p. 36. 1913. 

 ^°54th Rep't N Y. State Mus., p. 162. 1901. 

 ^^ Rhodora, 7 : 96. 1905. 

 ^- Torreya, 14 : 230. 1914. 



