REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9IO 49 



Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray 



Sandy soil. Webster, Monroe co. September. J. Dunbar. 

 Orient Point. September. R. Latham. Not common. 



Thaspium barbinode (Mx.) Nutt. 



Rocky places near Corning. May. Rare or wanting in the 

 eastern part of the State. 



Theloschistes concolor effusus Tuck. 

 On bark of trees. Orient Point. January. R. Latham. 



Valsonectria parasitica (Murrill) Rehm 



Bark of chestnut, Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 

 Marlboro, Ulster co. July. 



This fungus was described under the name Diaporthe 

 parasitica, but it does not well agree with the character 

 of that genus, inasmuch as it has a bright colored perithecium in- 

 stead of a black one. It agrees much better in this respect with the 

 genus Valsonectria. The locality here mentioned is the most north- 

 ern, with one exception, of any known to me. It is also the first 

 one in which I have seen a tree affected by this fungus, though I 

 have looked for it for three seasons whenever I have been where 

 chestnut trees are common. Specimens have been seen that were 

 collected at Visher Ferry, Saratoga co. This is the most northern 

 station for it known to me. It has been reported to have been 

 found at Cooperstown but no specimens from that locality have 

 been seen by me. 



Viburnum dentatum L. 



A form with leaves decidedly acuminate was found at Orient 

 Point in July by R. Latham. 



Vicia angustifolia segetalis (Thuill.) Koch 

 Orient Point. July. R. Latham. 



Viola pallens (Banks) Brainerd 



In woods. Edwards. May. This violet was formerly confused 

 with Viola blanda Willd. It is separated from it by the 

 dull reddish spots of the petioles and scapes, the bearded lateral 

 petals and the broader upper petals. In our specimens the capsule- 

 are subglobose and about twice as long as the sagittate sepals. 



