REPORT OF THE BOTx\NIST. 



S. B. WOOLWORTH, LL. D., 



Secretary of the Regents : 



Sir. — Since the date of mj' last report, specimens of three hundred 

 and twenty-four species of pLants have been poisoned and mounted, 

 three hundred and sixteen of which were not before represented in 

 the Herbarium. For want of room in the Herbarium case, only a 

 part of these have been placed therein. A list of the specimens 

 mounted is marlvcd (1). 



Specimens have been collected in the counties of Albany, Alle- 

 gany, Cattaraugus, Essex, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Schuyler, 

 Seneca and Wayne, representing two hundred and twenty-two 

 species new to the State. Of tliese, one hundred are regarded as 

 new or undescribed species. A list of specimens collected is marked 

 (2). This does not include new varieties and duplicate specimens of 

 species before reported. Of these, a considerable number of speci- 

 mens have been collected. 



Specimens representing thirty-one species new to the State, and 

 not among my collections of the past season, have been received from 

 correspondents. They were collected in the counties of Dutchess, 

 Erie, Greene, Kings, Suffolk, Eockland and Ulster. If these be 

 added to those of my own collecting, the total number of additions 

 to the flora of tlie State, the past season, becomes two hundred and 

 fifty-three species. This number is smaller than those of previous 

 years, and having been attained without any diminution of diligence 

 or relaxation of effort, it indicates considerable progress toward the 

 full representation of our flora by specimens in the State Herbarium. 



A classified statement of the number of added species is given 

 below : 



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