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ferus" is represented in the Linnean Herbarium, in which I failed 



to find it (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912). In his recent 



Index to the Linnean Herbarium (Suppl. Proc. Soc. 96. 1912) 



he records the species Lichen cocciferus L. as represented by a 



type specimen. 



R, Heber Howe, Jr. 



Thoreau Museum, 

 Concord, Mass. 



A Plant New to the State of New York and the Local 

 Flora Range. — It is here worthy of record that Miss F. A. 

 Mulford collected in July, 1903, at Arkville, Delaware Co., N. Y., 

 specimens of the musk-root Adoxa Moschatellina L. This is the 

 first record of this plant's occurrence either in New York State 

 or the local flora range. The nearest previous stations for this 

 species are in Arctic America and Iowa. The discovery of this 

 rare plant at an elevation of about 1,400 ft. in the Catskills is a 

 noteworthy addition to the list of local flora plants. Specimens 

 of this plant from Arkville are in the herbarium of the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden and in Miss Mulford's herbarium. 



Norman Taylor 



An Investigation of "Laciniaria scariosa," — As already 

 known at several botanical institutions, the writer has been 

 engaged for many years, as time permitted, in the elaboration of 

 the laciniarias of the scariosa group. A large amount of ma- 

 terial has been assembled at the National Herbarium by acquisi- 

 tion and loan, the writer himself having collected over six hundred 

 specimens. In all, not less than seventeen hundred specimens 

 have been examined. This material represents beyond all 

 controversy an immense number of species and these, upon due 

 comparison, are seen to fall into natural classes. 



It will easily be understood that no superficial study based on 

 local and scattering specimens can secure a scientific disposition 

 of these plants, and the disjointed publication of names, the 

 reference of which can only be known by consulting the type 

 material, adds complication to an already sufficiently complicated 

 matter, I therefore bespeak the patience of the botanical public 



