166 



J. E. Smith, V. arenaria DC. and Botrychium obliquum interme- 

 dium (D. C. Eaton) Underw. The finding of two or three plants 

 of Ipomoca hederacea Jacq. in full bloom, upon the edge of a 

 sandy field, seems to establish a much more northern range than 

 has hitherto been ascribed to this species, Long Island being the 

 northern range given in Britton's Manual. 



Behind the sandy beach of the eastern shore is a dense wood 

 of pine and oak, which, in turn, gives place further back to ex- 

 tensive marshes and barrens. The plants typical of the woods 

 are Peramium pubescens (Willd.) MacM., P. opliioides (Fernald) 

 Rydb., Pyrola secunda L., Monotropa uniflora L., ffypopitys 

 Americana (DC.) Small, Epigaea repens L. and several species 

 of Vaccininm. The region of sandy marshes and bogs is pecu- 

 liar for central New York in being underlaid by pure sand, which 

 gives a corresponding character to the flora. All of the low 

 grounds are very rich in species of Carex, some rare species having 

 been found here by Dr. Haberer, of Utica. Two other sedges, 

 Cyperus esculentus and Rynchospora alba (L.) Vahl, are found in the 

 marshes. Among the ferns and their allies the most interesting 

 ones are Lycopodium htcidulum Michx., L. imindatum L., L. obscu- 

 rum L., L. clavatum L., L. complanatum L., and Woodwardia Vir- 

 ginica, (L.) J. E. Smith. Two years ago the writer found Dryopteris 

 sinmlata Davenp. in an open marsh about three hundred yards 

 back from the beach and the fern has been noted there each season 

 since. The fern grows very profusely over a limited area and this 

 is the only station in the St. Lawrence basin, so far as I am able 

 to learn. The marshes and woods are very rich in the com- 

 moner species of ferns. Of the trees and flowering plants the 

 following, out of a hundred or more interesting species, seem the 

 most worthy of note. Nyssa sylvatica Marsh., Betida populifolia 

 Marsh., Sassafras Sassafras (L.) Karst., Bartonia Virginica (L.) 

 B.S.P., Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell., Viburnum dcntatum L., 

 V. cassinoidcs L., V. nudum L., Aralia hispida Vent., Sanguis- 

 flrba Canadensis L. , Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Willd., Rhexia 

 Virginica L., Kalmia angustifolia L., K. glauca Ait. and Mikania 

 scandens L. Populus monilifera Ait. has been reported from 

 Oneida Lake by Paine and others. 



