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nearly all the young fruit of a large patch was found infested by 

 Sphaerotheca Mors-uvae Schw., which fungus is probably a mere 

 variety of Sphaerotheca pannosa Lev. 



ASTER SAGITTIFOLIUS, WUld. 



This fine aster has not hitherto been represented in the herba- 

 rium. It is recorded in the New York State Flora as a rare plant 

 in New York. Fine specimens were found near Piffard, Livingston 

 county, and it occurs in great abundance along the railroad between 

 that place and Rochester. 



ASTER ACUMINATUS, Mx. 



Glen Cove, Long Island. J. A. Bisky. A very noticeable 

 station for this mountain-loving plant. 



SOLIDAGO ULIGINOSA, Nutt. 



Bergen swamp. A very slender form, with unusually narrow 



and entire leaves, and a rather short panicle, sometimes slightly 



recurved. 



SYMPHORICARPUS RACEMOSUS, Mx. 



Near Canajoharie. The variety pauciflorus in rocky places, near 



Port Henry. 



POLYGONUM TENUE, Mx. 



Summit of Cobble hill, near Elizabethtown. 



SALIX CANDIDA, WiUd. 

 Occurs sparingly near Guilderland Station. H. C. Gordinier. 



ABIES ALBA, Mx. 



Newcomb, Essex county. It also occurs in North Elba, but in 

 all the localities observed by me the trees were growing in cleared 

 land, and had evidently sprung up since the forests were cut . 



ORCHIS SPECTABILIS, L. 



A form with white flowers. Schaghticoke. H. C. Gordinier. 

 Mr H. L. Griffis also sends a white-flowered form of the flowering 

 wintergreen, Polygala paucifolia, from Binghamton. 



CLINTUNIA BOREALIS, Raf. 



This plant grows almost everywhere in the Adirondack moun- 

 tains, and in some places it is exceedingly thrifty and vigorous. 



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