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contains specimens collected at Tappan (C. F. Austin), Fulton 

 county (C. P. Alexander) and Wading river (Young) 51 . Paine 2 

 (p. 121 ) reports it from Summit lake, Otsego county, and Mud 

 lake, southern Herkimer county. 



Ranunculus delphinifolius Torrey 52 

 Golah, Monroe county (E. P. Killip, June 15, 1917). This is 

 apparently the variety a of R. p u r s h i i in Paine's catalogue 2 

 (p. 54), where the species is reported from marshes east of Onon- 

 daga lake, and along the shore of Lake Ontario at Sodus bay 

 (p. 182). Beck and Tracy 53 (as R. lacustris) report it from 

 " near Lansingburg and near Lewiston," while the Beck herbarium 

 contains a specimen from near Albany and one from Rochester 

 (Bradley). 



In the Monroe county flora 4 (p. 42) it is reported from West 

 Henrietta, Chili, Gates and Wayne count}-. Gray 54 reports it from 

 near Watertown, and it has been collected at Ithaca (C. S. Sheldon, 

 1880), Albany (Peck) and Rossie, St Lawrence county (Peck, 

 June 14, 1909). In southern New York it is reported from Wading 

 River by E. S. Miller 55 and from Orient by Burnham and Lat- 

 ham 56 , from Staten Island by Hollick and Britton 57 . 



The true Ranunculus purshii Richards. (Frank. 

 Jour., p. 741 ; 1823) is referred to by Paine (p. 54) as variety /3 

 while his variety y is quite certainly the so-called variety terres- 

 tris of Ranunculus delphinifolius. 



Aquilegia vulgaris Linnaeus 

 The European columbine is an occasional escape near dwellings 

 but in southern Herkimer county it has become in certain localities 

 a very common weed, especially in old fields and in pastures. When 

 in full bloom (June 24, 1917) it is very conspicuous. 



Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal 

 The papaw, which is rather abundant throughout the southern 

 states, is known in New York State from only a few localities in 



51 27th Rep't X. Y. State Mtis., p. 112. 1877. 



62 Eaton. Manual, cd. 2, p. 395. 1818. 



" ; Beck & Tracy in N. Y. Med. & Phys. lour, 2: 112. 1823. 



"Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. V., 3: 221. 1836. 



55 Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 6, p. 258. 1878. 



58 Torreya, 14: 241. 1914. 



57 Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 18, p. 213. 1891. 



