62 Forty-third Annual Report on the 



(C.) 



PLANTS NOT BEFOKE REPORTED. 



Hesperis matronalis, L. 



Roadside, near Feurabusb, Albany county. May. This plant is 

 sometimes cultivated for ornament and escapes from cultivation and 

 becomes naturalized in some places. Buffalo. David F. Day. 



Prunus avium, L. 



Ravines and hillsides. Near Catskill. May. Also reported by Pro- 

 fessor Dudley as frequent about Ithaca, and especially abundant on 

 both shores of Cayuga lake. An introduced plant which has escaped 

 from cultivation. 



Trapa natans, L. 



This curious aquatic has been introduced, but is well established in 

 Sander's lake, near Schenectady. 



Aster vimineus, Lam. 



This species is not rare in moist, sandy soil in the eastern part of 

 Long Island. It is variable in aspect, the branches beinjj either hori- 

 zontal or somewhat ascending, and having the flowers either crowded 



or racemous. 



Lacnanthes tinctoria, EU. 



Near Manor, Suffolk county. August. This plant is named in the 

 list of those mentioned by Dr. Torrey in the Flora of New York, Vol. 

 II, p. 522, as likely to occur on Long Island. Its occurrence in this 

 place has verified his prediction. 



Cynodon dactylon, Pei-s. 

 Vacant lots in Long Island city. September. This is considered a 

 valuable grass in some of the southern States, but it is very persistent 

 and eradicated with some difficulty. As it prefers a warmer climate 

 it will probably not prove troublesome on Long Island. 



Amanita nitida, Fr. 

 Menands, Albany county. Our plant is more slender than the 

 typical form and has smaller, but more numerous, warts, but in other 

 respects it exhibits the characters of this species. 



Tricholoma sejunctum., Sow. 

 Mixed woods. Manor and Quogue. September. This species is 

 not uncommon in sandy soil on Long Island, though in Europe it 



