REPOKT OF THE BOTANIST. 



Toihe Honorable the Board of Begents of the Univer^iti, of the State 

 of yeio York : 



Gentlemen -I have the honor to communicate to you the following 

 .tnVement of the work of the Botanist durmg the past year : 



TheTnvet Ration of our State flora and the collection and preparation 



^1p~; °of rrrnr^td'XnT forty species of plan., ,nosay 



Of these there are two species of this State ne« to tne 

 not a^ong my collections of the past jeson^T^^^^^^^ 



;"e" e^ ^ A li's? oTth"ei"ntr;Virll:d A. Also a list of contributors 

 and their respective contributions is given and marked B. 



Nodces of^plants not before reported, together .-ith a record of the 

 localities whe?e they were found, also f -^d C Trel d'^ H, i^ns 



insure greater accuracy. . n i^ hetn 



A record of observations on species ^^' J^'l'^^^''^^^^,^^^^^ 



^ -'^^:^ ^.h ^i=?on: dS^ri, ^X'or ..... 



°^A deTcnptive manual of our Hymenomycetous or fleshyfungi, among 

 wHchareT mushrooms and mushroom-like Agancs is greatly nee^^^^^^ 

 The number of those desirous of becommg acquainted ji h oi^ nati e 

 «;npries of these plants is constantly increasing, but a proper ana con 

 Tn rntlatal lor their study and identification is wantuj^^A^^^ 

 from the use of poisonous kinds for food by ^o-^ -hO|^i,norant o t 

 true characters of the species, have "^^^taken them for the .dibit mu 

 room occur from time to time. These accidents mi^ht -^^^ib be a o^^^^^^^ 

 by a better and more common acquaintance with ^^'rj^l^'f '''''' 

 features of our edible species and their less valuable associates. As a su 

 , [^thL direction monographs of the different genera represented in our 



