Vol. 4 No. 7 



TORREYA 



July, 1904 

 AUDITIONS TO "THE FLORA OF LONG ISLAND" 



Bv Smith Ely Jei.i.iifk 



In the Flora of Long Island, published by me in 1899, I ex- 

 pressed a wish that some students who were working on special 

 branches might be able to fill out and complete the list that was 

 then presented. I have been favored from time to time by con- 

 tributions from various sources, and desire to express my sincere 

 thanks to those who have thus assisted me. 



In ToRREYA for April, 1902, Dr. A. J. Grout published a very 

 full list of additions to those enumerated in my Flora, which 

 very materially extended it. At the present time it gives me 

 pleasure to report upon two contributions, one made by Dr. 

 Hulst just before his death, containing some of the plants not 

 included in Dr. Grout's list, and some additions by Mr. D. N. 

 Shoemaker found about Cold Spring Harbor. Mr. Shoemaker's 

 list is particularly valuable in respect to the lower plants. 



It was confessed that the first list represented the lower forms 

 very imperfectly, and it seems to me worth while to call the 

 attention of botanical students to the interest that a study of 

 such a restricted district might take on upon further investigation. 



As noted in the former list the lichens are not at all repre- 

 sented, and there is unquestionably a field for the study of rock 

 and bark lichens which has not as yet been cultivated. Very 

 few additions have been made to the algal forms, although there 

 is little doubt that those enumerated in m)' P'lora represent a 

 very small proportion of those actually growing in the fresh and 

 salt waters of the island. 

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