﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
  

  

  S. 
  B. 
  Woolworth, 
  LL. 
  D., 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  University 
  : 
  

  

  Sir. 
  — 
  Since 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  my 
  last 
  report, 
  specimens 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  twenty-five 
  species 
  of 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  mounted 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  Herbarium, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  one 
  were 
  not 
  before 
  

   represented. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  marked 
  (1). 
  

  

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

   selaer 
  and 
  Lewis. 
  These 
  represent 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  sixteen 
  species 
  

   of 
  fungi 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Herbarium. 
  Sixty-eight 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   new 
  or 
  undescribed 
  species. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  collected 
  plants 
  is 
  marked 
  (2). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  thirty-seven 
  species, 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  and 
  not 
  

   among 
  my 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  season, 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   correspondents. 
  Twelve 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  new 
  or 
  hitherto 
  

   undescribed 
  species. 
  If 
  the 
  contributed 
  specimens 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  those 
  

   of 
  my 
  own 
  collecting, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  additional 
  species 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  is 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty-three. 
  This 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  extra- 
  

   limital 
  species, 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  received. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  contributors 
  and 
  their 
  contributions 
  is 
  

   marked 
  (3). 
  

  

  Notices 
  of 
  previously 
  unreported 
  species, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  

   species, 
  are 
  marked 
  (4). 
  

  

  Notices 
  of 
  species 
  previously 
  reported, 
  with 
  remarks 
  and 
  observa- 
  

   tions, 
  are 
  marked 
  (5). 
  

  

  Nearly 
  three 
  hundred 
  species 
  of 
  fungi 
  that 
  attack 
  and 
  inhabit 
  liv- 
  

   ing 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  detected 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  They 
  affect 
  almost 
  as 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  In 
  some 
  

   cases 
  several 
  parasites 
  attack 
  the 
  same 
  host 
  plant; 
  in 
  others, 
  one 
  

   parasite 
  attacks 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  host 
  plants 
  indiscriminately. 
  But, 
  in 
  

   many 
  instances, 
  a 
  single 
  parasite 
  is 
  peculiar 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  supporting 
  

   plant, 
  in 
  which 
  cases 
  the 
  latter 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  student 
  as 
  a 
  

   guide 
  in 
  his 
  search 
  for 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  former. 
  A 
  Puccinia 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  dwarf 
  cornel, 
  Cormis 
  Canadensis, 
  is 
  almost 
  

  

  