﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist. 
  69 
  

  

  notwithstanding 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  prickles 
  on 
  the 
  cones. 
  In 
  these 
  

   specimens 
  the 
  cones 
  are 
  one 
  to 
  one 
  inch, 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  in 
  length, 
  

   and 
  the 
  prickles 
  are 
  very 
  short, 
  weak 
  and 
  obscure, 
  and 
  on 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  wanting. 
  In 
  the 
  southern 
  specimens 
  the 
  

   cones 
  are 
  two 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  the 
  prickles 
  are 
  stout 
  and 
  

   very 
  distinct 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  scales. 
  The 
  leaves 
  in 
  both 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  length, 
  but 
  less 
  dense 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  specimens. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  P. 
  inops 
  and 
  also 
  P. 
  mitis, 
  which 
  Dr. 
  

   Torrey 
  reported, 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Michaux, 
  as 
  occurring 
  

   near 
  Albany, 
  may 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  or 
  on 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  At 
  present 
  we 
  can 
  claim 
  positively 
  only 
  the 
  four 
  

   species, 
  P. 
  Strobus, 
  P. 
  rigida, 
  P. 
  resinosa 
  and 
  P. 
  Banksiana. 
  

   The 
  last 
  one 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  occur 
  anywhere 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   except 
  in 
  Essex 
  county 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  detected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  

   Stevens. 
  

  

  The 
  four 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  tabulated 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  

   as 
  to 
  be 
  easily 
  identified 
  by 
  any 
  one 
  possessing 
  a 
  branch 
  bear- 
  

   ing 
  either 
  leaves 
  or 
  cones 
  ; 
  thus, 
  

  

  Leaves. 
  

  

  Five 
  leaves 
  in 
  a 
  cluster 
  White 
  Pine, 
  Pinus 
  Strobus 
  L. 
  

  

  Three 
  leaves 
  in 
  a 
  cluster 
  Pitch 
  Pine. 
  . 
  Pinus 
  rigida 
  Mill. 
  

  

  Two 
  leaves 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  3-6 
  

  

  inches 
  long 
  Red 
  Pine 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Pinus 
  resinosa 
  Ail. 
  

  

  Two 
  leaves 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  1-2 
  

  

  inches 
  long 
  Scrub 
  Pine. 
  . 
  Pinus 
  Banksiana 
  

  

  Lamb. 
  

  

  Cones. 
  

  

  Cones 
  cylindrical, 
  scales 
  unarmed 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Pinus 
  Strobus 
  L. 
  

   Cones 
  ovate 
  conical, 
  scales 
  tipped 
  with 
  

  

  a 
  stout 
  prickle 
  Pinus 
  rigida 
  Mill. 
  

  

  Cones 
  ovate-conical, 
  scales 
  unarmed 
  . 
  . 
  Pinus 
  resinosa 
  Ait. 
  

   Cones 
  oblong-conical, 
  usually 
  curved, 
  

  

  prickles 
  none 
  or 
  weak 
  Pinus 
  Banksiana 
  Lamb. 
  

  

  Spaeganium 
  minimum 
  Bauhin. 
  

  

  This 
  rare 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  near 
  Newcomb, 
  Essex 
  

   county. 
  

  

  POTAMOGETON 
  NATANS 
  L. 
  VAE. 
  PTCOLIXUS 
  KocTl. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Sanford, 
  Essex 
  county, 
  with 
  the 
  normal 
  form. 
  The 
  

   stem 
  is 
  much 
  prolonged 
  beyond 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  peduncle 
  

   which 
  thus 
  becomes 
  lateral. 
  

  

  Smilax 
  hispida 
  Muhl. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  large 
  swamp 
  south 
  of 
  Catskill. 
  No 
  fertile 
  plants 
  were 
  

   found. 
  

  

  