REPORT. 



To the Regents of the University of the State of New York : 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor of communicating to you the 

 following report of the work of the Botanist for the year 1892. 



Plant specimens have been collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Essex, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Queens, Rensse- 

 laer, Saratoga, Suffolk, Ulster, "Washington and "Warren. 



Specimens have been contributed by correspondents who col- 

 lected them in the counties of Albany, Chenango, Essex, 

 Onondaga, Rensselaer, Richmond, Queens, Saratoga, Schenectady, 

 Suffolk and Washington. 



The whole number of species represented by the specimens 

 added to the State Herbarium during the year is 338. Of these 

 24 are represented by contributed specimens, 314 by specimens 

 collected by the Botanist. Of the species new to the Herbarium, 

 81 in all, nine belong to the contributed specimens and 72 to those 

 collected by the Botanist. Of the 81 species, there are 30 of 

 which I find no satisfactory description, and they are, there- 

 fore, described as new These are all fungi, two of which belong 

 to the contributed specimens, 28 to the collected. A list of the 

 species of which specimens have been added to the Herbarium 

 is marked A. 



Specimens of plants have been contributed b}"^ twenty-three 

 persons. Among these contributions are many specimens of 

 extra-limital species not included in the foregoing enumeration. 

 A list of the names of the contributors and of their respective 

 contributions is marked B. 



The record of species not before reported, together with tiie 

 localities w^here the specimens were respectively collected, their 

 habitats, remarks concerning them and the descriptions of new 

 species is marked C. 



To this is added a record of a few extra-limital species received 

 from correspondents and considered new or worthy of special 

 notice. These descriptions and remarks follow the letter D. 



