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Species Specimens wanted from 



Anacardiaceae 

 Rhus aromatica Ait. Anywhere in the range. 



R. hirta (L.) Sudw. Northern New Jersey. 



Ilex opaca Ait. Long Island; as a wild plant 



from Connecticut. 

 /. monticola A. Gray. Mountains of New York or 



New Jersey. 

 /. glabra (L.) A. Gray. Long Island. 



/. hronxensis Britton. See footnote.* 



lUicoides mucronata (L.) Brit- The coastal plain region, 

 ton. 



CELA^TRACEAE 



Euonymus americanus L. North or west of the coastal 



plain. 



ACERACEAE 



Acer pennsylvanicum L. South of the highlands of the 



Hudson. 

 A. spicatumhdim. In Westchester Co., New York, 



or in northern New Jersey. 

 A. carolinianum Walt. See footnote. f 



A. nigrum Michx. Anywhere in the range. 



* A species very doubtfull}' distinct from I.verticillala; originally described from 

 near Woodlawn, N. Y. City. Said to differ from the common plant by obovate 

 instead of oblong or oval leaves, and by its orange-red instead of scarlet fruits. 

 Dr. Britton has recently expressed grave doubts as to the specific validity of 

 Ilex bronxensis . 



t The pine-barren and southern New Jersey form of the common red maple. 

 It is known from as far north as Spotswood, Middlesex Co., N. J., but no farther. 

 Are any records extant indicating its extreme northern limits? 



Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



