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Twenty-Second Annual . Repokt on State Cabinet. 



grow so intermingled that a small tuft frequently contains several 

 different species. 



The time between May 12th and November 1st was spent in the 

 field in making observations and collections. Specimens have been 

 taken from the counties of Albany, Essex, Herkimer, Rensselaer, 

 Greene, Richmond, Kings, Queens and Suffolk. The number of 

 specimens collected is about four thousand, belonging to six hun- 

 dred and ninety-seven species, of which three hundred and ninety 

 species are new to the Herbarium ; three hundred and seventy- 

 eight new to the State flora, and three are new to science, and 

 are now described for the first time. The distribution of these 

 species among the classes and orders is given below in tabular form. 

 A list of the names is given in a paper marked B. The desiderata 

 especially supplied in the Phcenogamia is marked opposite the name 

 in this list. 



TABULAE STATEMENT OF PLANTS COLLECTED. 





No. of speci- 

 mens. 

 (Estimated.) 



Species rep- 

 resented. 



Species new 

 to Herb'm. 



Species new 

 to State. 



Species new 

 to Science. 



Fungi, 



700 

 400 

 900 

 200 

 800 

 20 

 15 



173 



69 



105 



33 



98 

 7 

 3 



173 

 51 



105 



13 



23 



7 



173 



69 



105 



4 



13 



7 



1 



Algse, 



Lichenes, 



Hepaticce 



Musci, 



Characese, 



Pilices, 



Cryptogamia, . . . 

 Phcenogamia, . . . 



Total, 



3,035 



1,000 



488 

 209 



372 



18 



371 



7 



1 



2 



4,035 



697 



390 



378 



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Apart from the plants themselves, a small quantity of the seeds 

 of two hundred and forty-two species has been collected. Seeds 

 not only afford characters for comprehensive classification, but they 

 also frequently furnish good marks for specific distinction ; hence 

 their presence in the Herbarium is quite important. With them it 

 is possible, should a specimen, whose station is remote or exhausted, 

 become lost, to replace it by raising a new plant. A list of the 

 species of which seeds have been collected is marked C. 



