Vol.44 TORREYA January 1945 



New Plant Records for the Niagara Frontier 



Irving W. Knobloch 



This brief list embraces, for the most part, some recently discovered crypto- 

 gams for this area although the flowering plants have not been entirely neg- 

 lected. The catalogue of the non-flowering plants of Buffalo and vicinity pre- 

 pared by David F. Day in 1882 from the researches of Judge Clinton, Mary 

 L. Wilson, Prof. David S. Kellicott and others is the only record we have 

 of these plants except for the work of the scientists at St. Bonaventure college 

 headed by Drs. Hubert Vecchierello and P. Boehner and several small papers 

 by the writer. A complete revision of the cryptogams in this area is desirable 

 and will be undertaken in the near future. 



BLUE-GREEN ALGAE 



Plcctonema nostocorum Born, was collected for the first time in the Dela- 

 ware Park greenhouse, Buffalo, N. Y. on January 10, 1944 where it was found 

 on wet rocks. All records of the blue-green algae were checked by Dr. Drouett 

 of the Chicago Museum of Natural History. 



Anacystis Peniocystis (Kutz) Dr. and Daily was gathered in the same 

 place and at the same time as the above species and is listed only for the West 

 Indies by Tilden. It is probably more common than collecting records would 

 indicate. 



Schizothrix lacustris A Br. was collected on January 1, 1944 in the same 

 situation as the two previous species. 



Schizothrix calcicola Gom. was also taken in the park greenhouse but on 

 March 12, 1944. 



Entophysalis Cornuana Sauvag. was taken on January 10, 1944 from the 

 same rocks as the above species. 



Phormidium tenue (Menegh.) Gom. is common on damp rocks around 

 the fountain in the South Park Conservatory, Buffalo, N. Y. where it was 

 gathered on March 6, 1944. 



LICHENS 



Day lists Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. as a component of our flora and 

 ■determinations by Dr. C. W. Dodge of local specimens indicate that we have 

 the varieties subulata (L.) Vain, and simplex (Weiss.) FW. Both varieties 

 were collected at Wanakah, N. Y., on April 10, 1944. 



LIVERWORTS 



Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dum. has been reported from Genesee 



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