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Viola adunca J. E. Smith 



' A rather local violet confined chiefly to sandy and stony sterile 

 soil, or sometimes on ledges of shale rock. All our specimens are 

 from the northern and western parts of the State. It has been 

 referred to the European Viola arenaria DeCandolle, also 

 reported as V i o 1 a canina var. puberla S. Watson, and 

 Viola subvestita Greene. 



Glenmont, Albany county (H. D. House, May 18, 1917). 

 Luzerne, Warren county (H. D. House, July 20, 1917). Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county (H. D. House 72 and also July 21, 1914). 

 North Elba, Essex county (C. H. Peck). Warrensburg, Warren 

 county (C. H. Peck). Gloversville, Fulton county (A. Olsson, 

 June 15, 1912). 



Frasera carolinensis Walter 

 (Figure 2) 



Shaker woods near Sonyea, Livingston county (E. P. Killip, 

 June 1, 1917). This is a rare and local species throughout the 

 western counties of the State. Paine 2 (p. 116) reports it from 

 the banks of the Genesee river (Hadley), East Bloomfield, Ontario 

 county (Sartwell), Monroe county (L. Holzer and C. M. Booth) 

 and south of Moscow, Livingston county (Bradley). There is a 

 duplicate of the Bradley collection in the state herbarium. The 

 reference in Torrey's Flora of New York 2 "' (2: 109) to the occur- 

 rence of this species along the West Canada creek in Herkimer 

 county is quite obviously a mistake, as pointed out by Paine. 

 George W. Clinton 49 (p. 78-79) cites observations by David 

 Thomas and also by himself and D. F. Day which indicate that this 

 species is a triennial plant. 



Veronica teucrium Linnaeus 



Well established along roadsides near Mexico, Oswego county 

 (H. D. House and E. P. Killip, July 1, 191 7). Not previously 

 reported from New York. 



Agalinis acuta Pennell 73 



Moist depressions of the Hempstead plains, Long Island (H. D. 

 House, September 8, 1915). This is Agalinis parvifolia 

 (Chapman) Small, in Britton & Brown's Illustrated Flora, 3: 212, 

 191 3, as to the northern extension of range there credited to the 



72 Torreya, 3 : 166. 1903. 



73 Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 42, p. 338. 1915. 



