Report of the Botanist. 107 



NEW STATIONS OF RARE PLANTS, REMARKABLE VARIETIES AND 



OBSERVATIONS. 

 Corn US Canadensis L. 



A form of this plant was found at Greig, in which the peduncle 

 was divided near the summit and supported two or three clusters 

 of flowers. The involucres were rose-colored. 



Lappa officinalis v. tomentosa G7\ 

 New Baltimore. Howe. 



Yaccinidm c^spitosum Michx. 



This plant and Carex h'rigxba Smith, must be added to the 

 flowering plants found on the open summit of Mt. Marcy. 



Myrica cerifeea L. 



Banks of the Hudson, half a mile north of Cold Spring. 



ACNIDA CANNABINA L. 



This sea-coast plant has been found at New Baltimore. Howe. 



SciRPUs ToRREYi Ohiey. 



Shores of Schroon Lake. 



The stigmas in any particular flower develop before the anthers 

 of that flower and are withered by the time these are mature, 

 tliereby insuring cross fertilization. 



Carex vitilis Ft. 



This is the only Carex found on the open summit of Dix's Peak. 

 No grass grows there. This is remarkable, because on all the 

 other high open summits of the Adirondacks that I have visited 

 several species of grasses and Carices occur. 



Equisetum palustre y. ramosissimum. 



Strawberry Island. Clinton. 



The specimen is much more branched than usual and the 

 branches are themselves furnished with branchlets. 



Phegopteris polypodioides v. multifidum Lowe. 



This singluar variety occurs sparingly in the Adirondack Mts. 



ASPIDIU^I ACULEATUM SwaHz. 



This very rare fern was reported from the Adirondack Mts. 

 many years ago by Dr. W. F. Macrae^ but, until the present 

 season, had not since been found there. In a recent botanical 



