Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 495 ALBANY, N. Y. May 15, 1911 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Charles H. Peck, State Botanist 



Museum Bulletin 150 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1910 



Dr John M. Clarke, Director of State Museum: 



I have the honor to submit the following report of work done 

 in the botanical section of the State Museum: 



Since the date of my last report specimens of plants for the 

 State herbarium have been collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Chemung, Columbia, Essex, Greene, Livingston, Rensselaer, Sara- 

 toga, St Lawrence, Steuben, Clster and Warren. There have been 

 contributed specimens of. plants that were collected in the counties 

 of Albany, Cayuga, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, 

 Greene. Genesee, Hamilton, Herkimer, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, 

 Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Saratoga, Schoharie, St Law- 

 rence, Suffolk, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne and 

 Wyoming. 



There have been received specimens of extralimital species of 

 plants that were collected in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, 

 Massachusetts, ^laryland, ^Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, 

 Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, 

 North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, 

 Utah, W^ashington and Wisconsin. 



The number of species of which specimens have been added to 

 the herbarium is 270. This includes contributed and collected 

 specimens. Of this number, 79 species are new to the herbariiun 

 and 23 species are believed to be new to science. The new species 

 are all fungi. A list of the added species is marked " Plants 

 added to the herbarium.'' 



The number of those who have contributed specimens is 176. 

 This includes those who sent specimens merely for identification 



