104 Twenty-Second Annual Report on State Cabinet. 



Carex gynocrates var. substaminata. 



Cedar swamps, Jordanville. In this form a single perigynimn 

 occurs at the base of the staminate spike. Specimens were found 

 with the spikes wholly staminate, but none were seen wholly pis- 

 tillate. 



Carex scirpoidea, Miclix. 



This rarely produces an additional small spike at the base of the 

 principal one. 



Carex siccata, Dew. 



Plentiful on the top of Bald Mountain, Rensselaer county. 



Calamag-rostis canadensis, JBeauv. 



Specimens bearing ergot were found at the base of Mt. Mclntyre, 

 eight miles from any cleared land, from which it is probable that 

 the production of ergot is independent of any influence from culti- 

 vation. 



This grass grows abundantly in the low grounds and on the 

 "' heaver meadows''' of Essex and Franklin counties, and is cut for 

 hay to the extent of many tons. 



Onoclea sensibilis var. obtusilobata, Torr. 



A form closely approaching this rare variety was found in Sand- 

 lake by Dr. Howe. The pinnae of one side of the frond are more 

 contracted than those of the other side ; all are sinuate pinnatifid, 

 but the pinnules are broadest at the base. The fruit is not well 

 developed. 



ASPLENIUM EBENEUM Var. INCISUM, Howe. 



Poestenkill. Howe. In this form the pinnae are about one inch 

 long, and all except the extreme upper and lower ones are deeply 

 incised — pinnatifid ; the pinnules are rather strongly 3-5 crenate 

 toothed. I have thought best to give it the name suggested by its 

 discoverer. 



Isoetes echinospora var. braunii, Engelm. 

 Poestenkill. Howe. 



Sphagnum cymbifolium var. congestum, Bryol Europ. 



On all the high peaks of the Adirondack Mts. Its compact 

 growth and numerous dense branches probably serve in some meas- 

 ure to protect it from the rude assaults of the violent winds to 

 which it is exposed. The same mode of growth and dense rami- 

 fication is also observed in S. acutifolimn and other species grow- 

 ing in these elevated exposed situations. 



DlCRANUM RUFESCENS, Tum. 



Banks by roadsides. Catskill Mts. 



