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Smilax hispida ]\Iuhl. 

 Reported by IV. C. Mitenscher/ from Sylvan Beach. 



Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. 



Moist woods on the sand plains east of Oneida lake, and about 

 5 miles east of Sylvan Beach, and 6 or 7 miles northwest of Rome, 

 near Humaston station. Frederick B. Hodges, June 10, 1922. This 

 may be the same locality discovered by Asa Gray^** or at least the 

 same general region. After more than three-quarters of a century, 

 with all the intervening devastation resulting from lumbering and 

 fire, it is interesting to find this rare orchid still flourishing here. 

 On June 28, 1922, Mr Hodges conducted me to the spot where I 

 was able to note a number of vigorous plants. 



*Blephariglottis Blephariglottis (Willd.) Rydberg 

 Frequent in an extensive bog which occupied one of the numerous 

 undrained depressions in the sand plains about 6 miles northwest 

 of Rome. ;. i 



*Ibidium plantagineum (Raf.) House 

 Marshy shores of Oneida lake at South Bay, Madison county, 

 and on mossy banks about 4 miles northwest of Rome, in the pine 

 plains. Ibidium gracile (Bigel.) House, previously reported 

 from Sylvan Beach, is frequent throughout all of this region in 

 open sandy fields and pine woods. 



='=Peramium tesellatum (Lodd.) Heller 



In pine woods about 3 miles north of New London, Oneida 

 County. H. D. House, July 15, 1918. 



Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter 

 Previously reported upon the authority of Kneiskern. Since then 

 the species has been seen abundantly in open pine woods and on 

 sandy plains throughout most of the pine plain region north of 

 New London and along the " Oswego road " northwest of Rome 

 toward Humaston. 



Quercus ilicifolia Wang. 

 Common in tlie sand plains northwest of Rome along the so-called 

 " Oswego road " toward Humaston. H. D. House 82^8, June 28, 

 1921. Subsequently seen in a few other sections of the pine plains. 



i9Torrey. Fl. N. Y. 2: 288. 184.I. 

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