REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 



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Hon. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Antitrichia Calif ornica Sulliv. 

 A. curtipendula Brid. 

 Leskea Austinii Sulliv. 

 Neckera Douglassii Hook. 

 Hypnum crispifolium Hook. 

 H. Oreganum Sulliv. 

 H. ' myosuroides L. 

 H. lutescens Dill. 

 Porphrydium cruentum Ag. 

 Agaricus cepsestipes Sow. 

 Lenzites striata Sw. 

 Merulius bellus B. & O. 

 Ditiola radicata Fr. 

 Trametes hydnoides Ft. 



Polyporus sanguineus L. 

 P. incarnatus Fr. 

 P. Salvise B. & C. 

 Plioma Syringse B. & C. 

 Pestalozzia Marise Clinton. 

 Puccinia Yeratri Clinton. 

 Ustilago Erythronii Clinton. 

 Uromyces Lilii Clinton. 

 Uredo Smilacis Schw. 

 ^cidium dubium Clinton. 

 Sporidesmium concinnum. 

 Cladosporium Typlise Schw. 

 Hypomyces aurantius Tul. 



(4.) 



PLANTS FOUND GKOWING SPONTANEOUSLY IN THE 

 STATE AND NOT BEFORE EEPOETED. 



Aconitum JSTapelltts L. 



Along the upper waters of the Beaver Kill, Ulster county. 

 Bev. A. P. Van Gieson. 



The specimens show a loose paniculate inflorescence quite 

 unlike the ordinary form seen in gardens. The flowers are 

 few and on widely diverging slender branches, and the 

 leaves are not as finely dissected as usual. The plants were 

 found in a wild unsettled region far from any present habi- 

 tation, though the Rev. Mr. Van Gieson writes me that 

 many years ago, thirty to fifty, a family settled in this part 

 of the valley of the stream. Though their stay was short, 

 he suggests this settlement as a possible exp]anation to the 

 introduction of the plant into this singular locality. Its 

 modified character may perhaps be due to the fact that it 

 was left to run wild in a not very congenial locality. And 

 yet it is a little remarkable that a plant rarely found with us 

 "shifting for itself," should be so thoroughly naturalized 

 in this remote spot. It is desirable that its history and cha- 

 racter should be further investigated. 

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