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University of the State of New York 
New York State Museum 
Freperick J. H. Mprrityu Dikettor 
CHARLES H. Peck State Botanist 
Bulletin 75 
BOTANY 7 
Pa erOoRT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I903 
To the Regents of the University of the State of New York 
I have the honor of submitting to you the following report of 
work done in the botanical department of the State Museum 
during the past year. 
Specimens of plants for the herbarium have been collected in 
the counties of Albany, Columbia, Essex, Hamilton, Oswego, 
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren and Washington. 
Specimens that were collected in the counties of Chautauqua, 
Chemung, Essex, Herkimer, Onondago, Ontario, Richmond, Sara- 
toga, Schoharie, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Wayne and Westchester 
have been received from correspondents. 
Specimens collected and contributed represent 193 species. Of 
these, 46 are new to the herbarium and 18 are considered new or 
undescribed species. Of the 46 species, 35 are from the collections 
of the state botanist, 11 from those of correspondents. Of the 
13 species, 12 belong to the collections of the botanist, one to 
those of his correspondents. A list of the names of the species 
added to the herbarium is marked A. 
A list of the names of contributors and of the names of their 
respective contributions is marked B. The number of those who 
have contributed specimens is 41. Some of the specimens con- 
tributed belong to extralimital species. Some were sent merely 
for identification, but if for any reason their preservation seemed 
