35 Reg, ( Cr bev ‘ 
REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. g+ 1 
Hon. Davip Murray, LL. D., 
Secretary of the Board of Regents of the University: 
Sir — Since the date of my last report, specimens of two hundred 
and forty-eight species of plants have been mounted and placed in the 
State Herbarium, of which ninety-four species were previously unrep- 
resented therein. The others represent species by improved specimens, 
or are forms or varieties not before represented. A list of the names 
‘is marked (1). 
During the past season specimens have been collected in the counties 
of Albany, Greene, Putnam and Rensselaer. These represent one 
hundred and fifteen species, of which sixty-seven are new to the State 
and to the Herbarium, and forty are believed to be unpublished. A 
list of the names of the collected specimens is marked (2). 
Among the contributed specimens, only one collected in the State 
proves to be new to our flora. A list of the names of contributors - 
and their contributions is marked (3). 
A record of the species now added to our flora and of the descrip- 
tions of such as are yet unpublished is marked (4). 
A part of the report containing remarks and observations upon 
various species and a list of the New York Carices at present known 
is marked (5). 
In pursuance of the plan introduced in the Thirty-third Report, in ref- 
erence to the subgenus Amanita, and for the reasons therein stated, 
descriptions of all the hitherto known New York species of Agarics 
belonging to the subgenus Lepiota have been drawn up, and, in many 
instances, made more complete by the addition of the dimensions and 
character of the spores. Full remarks concerning the peculiarities, 
variations and distinctive features of each species are added to its 
description, and important characters are italicized. A synoptical 
table is introduced, which is intended to aid in tracing any given 
species to its name. This monograph of our Lepiote is marked (6). 
A table case has been filled with specimens of earth-stars (Geaster), 
pufi-balls (Lycoperdon and Boyista) and sap-balls (Polyporus) placed 
