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Some details are necessary in connection with the locaHties 

 where most of his plants were collected. Bailey's Gap is the highest 

 point on Route 55, between Highland and Clintondale, and is 

 3 miles west of the Hudson River. Saxton's Pond is in the town- 

 ship of Lloyd and is now designated on topographic maps as "Lily 

 Lake." Pine Hole is an extensive swamp and bog area on the head- 

 waters of the Swartekill about 2 miles south of Ohioville, a hamlet 

 about 2 miles east of New Paltz. Butterville is a hamlet about 2 

 miles west of New Paltz. Dashville Falls is near Dashville on the 

 Wallkill River. Black Pond is in the northern part of Lloyd town- 

 ship. Bull Run is in the township of Denning, about 3 miles north 

 of the Sullivan County line. Clary^dlle, Libert3wille, Lloyd, Mohonk, 

 Minnewaska, New Paltz, Clintondale, Marlboro and Milton are 

 all in Ulster County and easily located on most maps. Fallsburgh 

 is in northern Sullivan County and Millburn is a hamlet in Wallkill 

 township. Orange County. 



Most of the specimens are numbered apparently according to 

 their sequence in his Gray's Manual. The herbarium was started 

 in 1892 and active collection was continued until 1903, with fewer 

 collections in 1907 and some scattered ones as late as 1923 and 1925. 



The following species are selected from Air. Elting's herbarium 

 as most worthy of permanent record : 



Anchistea virginica (L.) Presl. Swamp near ^lohonk, 3584, August 10, 



1896 

 AsPLENiUM MONTANUM Willd. Near Mohonk, 3540, September 5, 1901 

 PoLYSTicHiuM Braunh (Spenner) Fee. Mountain woods near Shokan, 3521, 



May 15, 1903 

 WooDSiA OBTUSA (Sprang.) Torr. Rocky woods, Highland, 3580, July 8, 1893 



BOTRYCHIUM LANCEOLATUM (Gmel.) AngStf., Var. ANGUSTISEGMENTUM 



Pease & Moore. Woods near Highland, August 7, 1900 

 BoTRYCHiuM MULTiFiDUM (Gmel.) Rupr., var. silaifolium (Presl.) Broun 

 (Ind. N. Am. Ferns 41, 1938). Woods near Highland, 3592, August 29, 

 1898 

 PiCEA MARIANA (Mill.) B. S. P. "Pine Hole" swamp, 2 miles south of 



Ohioville, 2515, May 20, 1897 

 Sparganium americaxum Nutt. Shallow water near Highland, 2772, July 10, 



1893 

 PoTAMOGETON PECTixATUS L. Shallow water, Libertj^alle, 2851, July 24, 1898 

 Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau. Borders of Hudson River near High- 

 land, 2808, August 20, 1892 



