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Lycopus membranaceus Bicknell 

 Bald mountain near Lansingburg. H. D. House and Joseph 

 Rubinger, August 25, 1916. Also collected at Green Island by 

 Doctor Peck. Distinguished from other species of Lycopus by its 

 large, pale green, long-petioled leaves of thin, membranacous texture, 

 small clusters of flowers, small corollas and stems conspicuously 

 tuberiferous at the base, usually with numerous, long and filiform, 

 non-tuberous stolons, arising from the main stem above the tubers 

 and often one to two feet long. 



12 SUFFOLK COUNTY 

 Viola emarginata LeConte 

 Babylon. H. D. House, May 23, 1916. Manorville, June 211 

 1916. 



Viola hirsutula Brainerd 



Babylon. H. D. House, May 23, 19 16. 



The following hybrid violets were also collected: 



Viola cucullata x fimbriatula. Manorville 

 " fimbriatula x hirsutula. Babylon 

 " afnnis x hirsutula. Babylon 

 " hirsutula x palmata. Babylon 

 " emarginata x sagittata. Babylon 



Panicum pseudopubescens Nash 



Sandy woods of oak and pine, near Manorville. H. D. House, 

 June 20, 1916. 



13 WAYNE COUNTY 



On August 12, 19 16 a visit was made to the southern end of Sodus 

 bay for the purpose of collecting the American Lotus in flower 

 (Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers.). The date was a little early 

 for only a few plants were in flower, but they alone well repaid for 

 the trouble encountered in reaching the spot. The Lotus here grows 

 in water two to eight feet in depth just outside the zone of Typha 

 and Scirpus along the shore. (Figure 4.) The flowers are pale yel- 

 low and very fragrant, the large, orbicular, peltate leaves are 

 usually 1 to 2 feet above the water on stout petioles, while the 

 flowers stand from 2 to 3 feet out of the water. The large white 

 water-lily (Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene) is also 

 abundant here. 



