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county north of the Mohawk valley, and is found sparingly in the 

 upper Susquehanna region (Clute), but I know of no records for 

 it in the Oneida lake region or in the Ontario lowlands of this State. 



In the following notes and additions to the list of plants of the 

 eastern end of Oneida Lake, those species preceded by a star (*) 

 have not been previously reported from this region. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum L. 



Typical specimens were found near Fort Bull, west of Rome, 

 and are not uncommon about Sylvan Beach. In the sterile soil of 

 sandy depressions specimens are sometimes found which measure 

 little more than 5 or 6 cm in height, but are fertile. Such plants 

 apparently represent what was described by Rafinesqvie* as O . 

 p u s i 1 1 u m . and by Beck^ as O . G r a y i . Gradations between 

 them and the typical form of the species often occur in the same 

 spot, so that it is apparent that these dwarfed forms have little 

 systematic value, but have been designated as O . vulgatum 

 forma p u s i 1 1 u m ."^ 



Dryopteris simulata Davenport 

 An additional locality for this rare fern was discovered in low, 

 sunny woods and an open, marshy clearing adjacent to the woods, 

 about 2 miles north of New London, July and August 1918. The 

 fern is very abundant here and the locality is about 4 miles east 

 of Sylvan Beach, where it was found several years ago^ and where 

 it still grows in a very limited area and in danger of extermination 

 by the building of cottages and the filling in of the low ground. 



Picea rubens Sargent 

 In low woods about 3 miles north of New London, at an altitude 

 of only 400 feet, occur numerous red spruce trees from 4 to 10 

 inches in diameter at the base, and some of them 40 to 60 feet 

 tall. Only a few scattered seedling trees had been previously found 

 near Sylvan Beach. 



*Larix laricina (DuRoi) Koch 

 Reported by W. C. Muenscher* from near Sylvan Beach and 

 from the marshes in the sand plains a few miles east of the lake, 

 where it was also seen in 1922 by the writer. 



*Jour. Bot. Desv. (II) 4: 273. 1814. 



5 Bot. N. & Mid. States 458. 1833. 



•"' House. New York State Mus. Bui. J43-44 : 42. I9.?3. 



'House. Torreya 3: 116. icx)3. 



* Letter dated December 2, 1922. 



