32 Report of the State Botanist. 



Commonly the leaves in the typical form are two inches or 

 more in length, but there is a form in which they are less than 

 two inches hng. In these short leaved forms the raceme and 

 the pedicels are generally shorter than in the type and the leaves 

 are somewhat blunt at the apex. This might be called form 

 hremfolia. The form which bears bulblets in the axils of the 

 leaves and which is generally without flowers might be desig- 

 nated as form hulbifera. All of these forms and varieties may 

 have the stem either simple or branched. All of them except 

 variety angustifolia, which is found in the Southern States, occur 

 in our State. 



The following synopsis will show at a glance the distinctive 

 features here noticed. 



Flowers in a loose raceme, bi-acts subulate, incon- 

 spicuous 1 



Flowers in a loose raceme, bracts foliaceous, con- 

 spicuous Var. producta 



Flowers usually wanting, bulblets in the axils of the 



leaves Form htdhifera 



1 Leaves lanceolate 2 



1 Leaves narrowly lanceolate or linear 3 



2 Leaves two inches or more in length. (L. stricta). Form typica 



2 Leaves less than two inches in length Form hremfolia 



3 Leaves one to two lines broad, raceme few flowered, Var. angustif olia 

 3 Leaves two to three lines broad, raceme many 



flowered Form intermedia 



Steironema lanceolatum Gr. 

 Port Jervis. July. In the Flora of North America the leaves 

 of this species are said to be "an inch or two long," In all the 

 specimens that I have seen they are longer than this, averaging 

 about three inches. 



Campanula aparinoides Pursh. 

 Highland lake. A form with pale blue flowers. 



Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 



Narrowsburg. July. A ioYYH jjauciflora., with flowers smaller 

 and whiter than usual. I do not find this form mentioned in our 

 botanies. 



