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Abies nigra Poir. 



This tree extends to the summits of all the high peaks of 

 the Adirondacks, but in the most elevated situations it gen- 

 erally assumes the appearance of a low, half-prostrate bush, 

 the branches sometimes spreading laterally as in the dwarf 

 yew, and the leaves are frequently glaucous. In less ele- 

 vated situations where the trees are thrifty the glaucous- 

 leaved variety, in the absence of the cones, might easily be 

 mistaken for the white spruce. 



Larix Americana Mx. 



Variety pendula occurs near "Griffin's Place," Indian 

 Lake. A small shrubby form grows near the summit of 

 Haystack Mt., which is probably the highest altitude 

 attained by this tree in the State. It is there in company 

 with Abies nigra, A. balsamea, Juniperus communis and 

 Thuja occidentalis, — more coniferous trees than I have 

 seen on any of the other high summits of the Adirondacks. 



Zygadenus glauous Nutt. 



Lodi swamp near Syracuse, in company with Tofieldia 

 glutinosa. Rev. H. Wibbe. 



JUNCUS STYGIUS It. 



Marshy borders of a lake, Adirondack Mts. The only 

 locality in the State hitherto reported for this rare species 

 is Perch Lake, Jefferson county, and this I infer from the 

 remarks in Paine' s Catalogue of Oneida County Plants, is 

 either destroj^ed or exhausted. Though the newly dis- 

 covered locality is a remote one, seldom visited by botanists, 

 I hesitate, for prudential reasons, to designate it more 

 definitely. 



COMMELYNA VlRGINICA L. 



Fishkill, where it is apparently a stray from cultivation. 



Carex sctrpoidea Mx. 



This, and Abies nigra, should be added to the list of 

 flowering plants found on the summit of Mt. Marcy. 



Carex silicea Olney. 



Sandy shores near Sag Harbor. 



Carex ecenea Willd. 



Suffolk county. Young. 

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