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Poa serotina Ehrh. 



On dry rocky hillsides near "Whitehall is a form having panicles 

 of comparatively few two-flowered spikelets. 



Glyceria nervata Trin. 



Woods near Adams. June. This is a leafy form with small 

 green flowers and s])ikelets foi" whicli Dr. Yasey suggests the 

 name var. jmrvitlora. 



Glyceria grandis Wats. 



Whitehall. July. A form with green spikelets. It grew in 

 the shade. 



Aspidium spinulosum Sw. . 



The t^'pical form of this fern is said to be rare in tliis country. 

 It is very abundant near the top of Blue mountain. August. 



Lygodium palmatum Sic. 



McDonough, Chenango county. Mrs. D. B. Fitch. This is the 

 second station in which this fern has been found in our State. 



Botrychium ternatum Sio. 

 Alcove. Shear. A singular form with two fertile fronds. 



Amanita muscaria L. var. alba Pk. 



This variety is common about Alcove. Shear. It also occurs 

 on Long Island in two forms, the normal one and a smaller one 

 in which the warts of the pileus are evanescent or wanting. Not 

 infrequently it makes a close approach to white forms of A. 

 pantherina, in having the u})per part of the bulb uniformly mar- 

 gined by the remains of the definitely circumscissile volva, but 

 this margin is more acute than in that species. 



Armillaria mellea Vahl. 



There seems to be no end to the variations of this most poly- 

 morphous species. A well marked variety, var. hulhosa, has the 

 stem rather short and terminating below in a large bulb. Two 



