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corals, some of the species being palpably unlike those of the 

 lower beds. Beyond the volcanic mass known as Black cape, 

 there are several noteworthy inclusions of the fossil-bearing lime- 

 stones within the lava. 



So far as at present indicated by the fossils, this section from 

 base to top is of the age of the Niagara (exclusive of Clinton) 

 or Rochester shale of the interior Siluric, though the assemblage 

 will doubtless show a preponderance of Atlantic or European 

 types which will bring it into more proper comparison with the 

 Gulf sections at Arisaig and on Anticosti island. Its thickness 

 is not less than 7000 feet and in this respect the section over- 

 passes any Siluric section known in America. 



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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



The plants collected during the season of 191 1 have been 

 mounted on herbarium sheets and arranged in their proper places 

 in the herbarium or placed in boxes and distributed as far as pos- 

 sible in their proper places. Lack of room has prevented the 

 completion of this work, but it is expected that removal to the 

 Education Building will soon obviate this difficulty. 



Specimens of plants, indigenous and naturalized, for represen- 

 tation of the species in the State herbarium have been collected 

 in the counties of Albany, Essex, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, 

 Steuben and Sullivan. 



Specimens ha\'e been contributed that were collected in the 

 counties of Albany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clinton, Columbia. 

 Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Monroe, New York, Oneida, On- 

 tario, Onondaga, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Richmond, Scho- 

 harie, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren and Washington. 



Specimens of extralimital species have been contributed that 

 were collected in Canada, California, Connecticut, Cuba, District 

 of Columbia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 

 Massachusetts, Michigan, Alinnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and 

 Vermont. 



The number of species of which specimens have been added to 

 the herbarium is 278 of which 72 were not before represented" 

 therein. Of these, 11 are considered new or hitherto undescribed 

 species. 



