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Hypericum ellipticum, Hook. 

 A small form with stems eight to twelve inches high, and leaves erect 

 and appressed, was found in wet places by the roadside in Caroga. 

 This position of the leaves gives a peculiar aspect to the plants. 



Rhus typhina, L. 



The form with laciniate leaves has been found near Nyack, Rock- 

 land county, by Rev. J. L. Zabriskie. 



Rosa setigera, Mx. 

 Low ground near A\'est Albany. Introduced from the West. 



RUBUS HISPIDUS, L. 



Common in Caroga and not infrequent with five-foliate leaves on 

 the young stems. 



Fedia radiata, Mx. 



Wynantskill, Rensselaer county. H. C. Gordinier. This is a form 

 with smooth fruit. 



Aralia xudicaulis, L. 



A form with no leaf but with the scape bearing four to six umbels at 

 the apex and a branch near or below the middle. This branch is ter- 

 minated by a single umbel, and probably represents the usual leaf. 



Aralia hispida, Mx. 

 This sometimes grows with great vigor in the Adirondack region. 

 A specimen was found in Caroga, more than three feet high and bearing 

 upwards of forty umbels, the large central and terminal one being two 

 and a half inches in diameter. 



^ CuPHEA VISCOSISSIMA, Jttcq. 



This plant appears to be gradually extending its range northward in the 

 Hudson river valley. It has occurred in the vicinity of Pine Plains and 

 at Salt Point, Dutchess county, and the past season it was detected near 

 Catskill by Judge Clinton. On the authority of Drs. Stevenson and 

 Knieskern it was reported in the State Flora as an inhabitant of the 

 " northern part of the State," but I suspect this is a mistake. 



TussiLAGO Farfara, L. 

 Abundant on clay banks about Albany and Troy. In rare instances 

 the leaves appear while the plant is yet in flower. The rays assume 

 a reddish hue with age and the scapes become elongated. 



Hieracium aurantiacum, L. 

 This plant has become well established in many parts of the State 

 and is still spreading. The past season it was observed in Fulton county, 

 where it had evidently escaped from a flower garden to the roadside. 



Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum, Lam. van nigrum. 

 Caroga, where it was growing sparingly with the ordinary form of the 

 species. 



Castilleia cocciNEA, Spreug. 

 The usual habitat, ascribed to this species in the manuals, is wet 

 meadows and sandy low grounds. In Springwater, Livingston county, 



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