Report of the State Botanist. 31 



Muhlenbergia sylvatica T. d: G. 

 A form with branches erect and with purplish densely 

 flowered panicles occurs about Lake Pleasant and also at Wells. 

 Muhlenbergia sobolifera TVin. 

 This species is common enough in the lower part of the valley 

 of the Hudson and on the Shawangunk mountains, but 1 have 

 not observed it north of Saugerties. 



Agrostis vulgaris With. 



This grass grows freely in sandy soil. A very stout, rigid 

 form with dark pur])le panicles was found growing in the loose 

 sharp sand along the shore of Lake Pleasant. 



Poa compressa X. var. sylvestris Torr. 



This variety grows in open places as well as in woods. Fine 

 specimens were found at Menands. It is easily recognized by its 

 short open or spreading panicle. 



Asplenium montanum Willd. 



This fern was discovered to be an mhabitant of our State about 

 twenty years ago. It was then found growing from crevices in 

 the rocks about Lake Mohonk. This has remained its only known 

 station in our State until the present season, in which I learn it 

 has been found in the Catskill mountains, a station still farther to 

 the north. Mr. Smiley informs me that ii has been found in 

 several new places about Lake Mohonk, that it appears to be 

 increasing in abundance and that it is in no danger of exter- 

 mination there, for it grows on the faces of the cliffs in places 

 where it is wholly inaccessible to the most eager collector. 

 Colly bia radicata Bel/t. var. furfur acea «. var. 



Pileus and lamelhi? as in the typical form; stem more slender, 

 generally slightly tapering upward, eve7i,fufruraceus, more or less 

 brownish. 



This form is much more common with us than the type. 

 The variation is toward 0. longij^es, which has ihe stem villose 

 rather than furfuraceous, and its pileus is dry and velvety, but in 

 our plant it is glabrous and viscid or glutinous when moist. As 

 in the type, the pileus is sometimes umbonate. There is a dwarf 

 form which is quite common. In it the pileus is from six to six- 

 teen lines broad and the stem proportion ably slender. It might 

 be designated as var. pusilla. 



