REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I918 2^1 



Sanguisorba canadensis L. 



Island in Rondaxe lake, northern Herkimer county. Harriet B. 

 Badean, August i8, 19 18. 



X Aster blakei (Porter) hyb. nom. nov. 

 Aster nemoralis var. Blakei Porter. 



Five ponds, Herkimer county, C. U. Peck. The leaves are oblong- 

 lanceolate, toothed, 1-2 cm wide and 5-9 cm long. Heads of flowers 

 several on each stem. Almost intermediate in appearance between 

 Aster nemoralis and Aster acuminatus. Doctor 

 Peck also collected typical specimens of Aster nemoralis at 

 Five ponds and Aster acuminatus is one of the commonest 

 wild asters of that region. These circumstances seem to indicate 

 that the var. Blakei should more properly be regarded as a hybrid 

 species. 



GREENE COUNTY 



Boehmeria drummondiana Weddell 

 Van Louven lake, near Catskill. H. D. House, August 22, 1915. 

 Also collected near Kirkville, Onondaga county, July 26, 19 14. 



Doellingeria infirma (Michx.) Greene 



Near Cairo. H. D. House, August 20, 191 5. Also collected near 

 Troy, Rensselaer county, by E. C. Howe (herb. N. Y. State Museum). 



Apparently a rare species in New York. It is reported from Che- 

 mung county (Lucy) by Clute (Fl. Upper Susquehanna, 58, 1898), 

 and from Oswego (Kneiskern) in herb. Sartwell (Paine, Cat. PI. 

 Oneida county and vicinity, 93). Mrs L. L. H. Goodrich reports 

 it from Onondaga county (Plants of Onondaga County, 185. 1912), 

 but both of these last two reports should have further confirmation. 



MADISON COUNTY 



Abies balsamea L. 



A few dwarfed and almost prostrate specimens were found in a 

 swamp west of Oneida in August, 19 18. This locality had once been 

 an extensive tamarack swamp but was cleared and partially drained 

 many years ago. The stunted specimens of balsam doubtless are 

 all that remain of a more extensive development of the species here 

 in former years. The altitude is only 450 feet, which is one of the 

 lowest records for the species in this State. In the extensive swamps 

 at an altitude of 1000 feet or more in southern Herkimer county, 

 the balsam is quite abundant. 



