18 Report of the State Botanist. 



Lysimachia nummularia L, 

 Wilton, Saratoga county. July. Introduced and escaped from 

 cultivation. 



Plantago Patagonica Jacq. var. aristata Gr. 



Sandy fields. Alcove, Albany county. August. C. L. Shear. 

 Probably a recent introduction. 



Carya sulcata Nutt 

 Alluvial soil along the inlet of Owasco lake. Jul3^ 

 This hickory was first observed in this localit}^ by Professor 

 Dudley. The trees are not numerous but thrifty. Their leaves 

 are very large, some of them measuring nearl}'- two feet in length 

 including the petiole. The terminal leaflet measures ten to 

 twelve inches long and three to three and a half inches broad in 

 the dried specimens. Withered aments were seen but no young 

 fruit. 



Carex aestivalis M. A. C. 



Woods. East Worcester, Otsego county. July. 



This plant somewhat resembles slender forms of Carex arctata, 

 but from that species, it may be distinguished by its more slender 

 and erect spikes, its less pointed perigynia, shorter scales and by 

 the pistillate flowers or perigynia at the top of the staminate 

 spike. 



Panicum miliaceum X. 



Ithaca. Professor Dudley. Todt Hill road, near the Moravian 

 church, Richmond county. A. Hollick. This millet has been 

 introduced and is occasionally spontaneous. It is a beautiful and 

 an interesting grass. 



Clitopilus carneo-albus With. 

 Shaded ground. Menands. June. 



Leptonia parva n. sp. 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, umbilicate, sliiihtly radiate- 

 striate, violaceous-brown, the umbilicus darker and squamulose ; 

 lamellae subdistant, adnate, whitish tino-ed with flesh-color: stem 

 slender, glabrous, solid, colored like the })ileus ; spores irregular 

 or angular, uninucleate, about .0003 in. long, .' '0025 broad. 



Pileus about 6 lines broad ; stem about 1 in. long, scarcely 1 

 line thick. 



