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Aster acuminatus Michx. 

 Shaded portions of Bergen swamp. H. D. House, August 23, 1918. 

 An infrequent species in western New York, although common or 

 abundant in central and northern New York. It has not been 

 reported from the Chemung valley and but three or four localities are 

 known for it in Monroe county and vicinity. 



HERKIMER COUNTY 



Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray 

 Dr R. C. Benedict (American Fern Jour., 6: 83. 1916) remarks 

 concerning the absence of this fern from the Fulton Chain region of 

 the Adirondacks. Small but fertile specimens were collected in 191 7 

 by H. D. House and E. P. Killip on a mountain side above Inlet, at 

 the head of Fourth lake, close to the Hamilton county line. The 

 species was seen nowhere else along the Fulton Chain, which is 

 remarkable considering the abundance of this fern in other parts of 

 the State. 



Malaxis monophylla (L.) Sw. 

 Cedar swamp near Jordanville. H. D. House, July 12, 1918. 



X Limnorchis media Rydb. 



Open places in a cedar swamp near Jordanville, with Limnor- 

 chis dilitata and Limnorchis hyperborea. H. D. 

 House, Mr and Mrs Edward A. Eames, July 12, 1918. 



In most respects this corresponds to what was described by Rydberg 

 (Torrey Bui. 28:618; Britton's Manual, 294), and is, without much 

 doubt, the same as the type of that species, as I recall it from a careful 

 examination made several years ago. If Doctor Rydberg had pos- 

 sessed living plants his description might have been somewhat differ- 

 ent. The flowers are never purplish, but usually a faint greenish 

 yellow, often quite yellowish, never pure white like dilatata, nor so 

 green as hyperborea. The intermediate character is further indicated 

 by the shape of the lip, which is somewhat dilated at the base, but not 

 so much as in dilatata, and the curved spur which is but slightly 

 inflated. Growing with both L. dilatata and L. hyperborea 

 the hybrid origin of the form seems almost beyond question. Doctor 

 Peck (N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 67, p. 20. 1903) also reports it from this 

 locality. It is regarded by Cakes Ames as a variety of L. dilatata 

 (Rhodora, 10:70. 1908). 



