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Plantago lanceolata, L. 



A singular form was found by Mrs. Rust near Syracuse. It 

 had a compound spike, ovate in outline. The branches were short 

 , and densely crowded. It appeared as if many of the flowers had 

 been transformed into short branches. 



POTAMOGETOtf AMPLIFOLIUS, Tuchm. 



This fine large species is plentiful in Warner's lake, East Berne. 

 P. pusillus, P. pectinatus and both varieties of P. gramineus 

 also abound there, 

 Smilax hispida, Muhl. 



Flowering specimens were found in Cicero swamp, Onondaga 

 county, by Mrs. Eust. 

 Calopogon pulchellus, R. Br. 



A white-flowered form. Syracuse. Mrs. M. G. Still. 



JUKIPERUS VlRGIKIANA, L. 



This tree is common along the Hudson river from Albany to 

 West Point. It here has a peculiar aspect. The branches are 

 very numerous and frequently diverge from the trunk at a small 

 angle. They afford a dense spray beautifully symmetrical in out- 

 line and having nearly the form of an elongated cone. Its beauty 

 of figure renders it a very desirable acquisition for the adornment 

 of parks, court-yards and ornamental grounds. It is freely at- 

 tacked by three species of fungus, one of which produces oblong 

 or spindle-shaped swellings in the branches and which probably 

 has something to do in determining the peculiar aspect of these 

 trees. The other two produce the subglobose galls which are 

 commonly known as " Cedar apples." These fungi do not ap- 

 pear to destroy the life of the tree, though they, cling to it year 

 after year as a parasite. 

 Bromus tectorum, L. 



This beautiful introduced grass has become common all along 

 the Hudson River railroad between Albany and Cold Spring and 

 probably still farther south. Railroads are very effective agents 

 in the dissemination and distribution of many plants. 



Cortikarius iodes, B. & C. 



The pileus in this species is sometimes spotted with white. 

 The bulbous white stem is adorned with lilac-colored fibrils. 

 Lenzites sepiaria, Fr. 



This species usually inhabits wood of coniferous trees, but it 

 sometimes occurs on other wood. It was found near Albany 

 in company with Lenzites vialis on a prostrate ' trunk of the 



