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peared just above the high tide level and on the rocky slopes 

 Mr. Elwert had found clumps of the fragrant sumach, Rhus 

 canadensis*, a species of sufficient rarity in eastern New York to 

 receive attention. Although Taylor (I.e. p. 429) cites it only 

 from a single station (Guilford, Conn.) in the New York area, 

 it is noted by House (I.e. p. 476) as "locally common from 

 Lake Champlain south to the Hudson highlands." I had previ- 

 ously seen Rhus canadensis growing abundantly on a rocky 

 headland projecting into the Hudson River at Maiden, Ulster 

 County. 



It is evident from these foregoing records of interesting 

 plants, a number of them new to New York State, that this 

 rich area has been insufficiently explored by botanists. 



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