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NOTES UPON LOCAL FLORAS 



BY HOMER D. HOUSE 

 i FULTON COUNTY 

 A recent collection of over 400 specimens of Fulton county plants, 

 presented to the State herbarium by the collectors, Messrs A. Olsson 

 and Alexander, of Gloversville, contains many interesting and rare 

 species, not a few of which are new to that region and a few were 

 previously unknown in this State. Nearly one-third of the col- 

 lection consists of grasses and sedges which forms a valuable addi- 

 tion to our knowledge of those plants in the region covered by 

 their collections. 



Artemisia vulgaris Linn. 



Gloversville, June 7, 1913. Like several other species of Arte- 

 mesia, this one, commonly called mugwort, is frequently a common 

 weed in waste places. 



Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott. 

 Vlei, August 6, 191 3. No. 104. 



Aster macrophyllus Linn. 



Summit of Mount Pinnacle, August 31, 1913. No. 122. 



The specimens are intermediate between A. macrophyllus 

 and A. multiformis Burgess. They possess the reddish, 

 angular stems, broad basal leaves cordate with deep irregular sinus, 

 thick rough texture and the short, rigid, thickish peduncles charac- 

 teristic for A. macrophyllus. Neither the inflorescence nor 

 the stems, however, possess any prominent capitate glands but 

 under the lens are seen to possess a densely and minutely glandular 

 character, which is almost hidden in a dense soft pubescence. 



Acer nigrum Michx. 

 Exact locality not given, July 3, 1912. No. 230. 



Agrimonia mollis (T. & G.) Britton 

 Gloversville, August 15, 1913. No. 180. 



Aster lowrieanus Porter 

 Gloversville, September 11, 1912. No. 261. 





