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Biccia Mschaffii, Hub en. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. "Frond solid, 

 orbicular (or by abortion semicircular) J'-l' in diameter, cinerous 

 green, naked and sometimes purple underneath ; lacinise obcordate or 

 obcordate-oblong, depressed-canaliculate, the margins thickish and 

 somewhat ascending, ciliate ; the upper surface minutely cavernous 

 or pitted ; sporangia aggregated near the middle of the lacinia). A 

 rather variable species, probably including both R. pal??iaia and R. 

 tumida, Lindley.'* C. F. Austin. 



Jungermannia injiata^ HuDS. Wet rocks. Common, Stems slender, erect 

 or ascending, V~^' ^^^^g 5 leaves deeply concave, suborbicular, bifid, 

 the lobes obtuse ; perianth terminal. It sometimes forms dark olive 

 green or blackish patches several feet in extent. 



Jungermannia taylori^ Hook. Mt. Marcy. 



Jungermannia sphacellata, GiES. Rocks on mountains. Mount Whitefuce. 

 Sterile. Stems simple or fastigiately branched, V-1' long ; leaves 

 concave, orbicular, clasping at the base, with a sliallow but acute 

 sinus at the apex, lobes obtuse. It forms dense, dark green or black- 

 ish patches on dry rocks in alpine regions. 



Jungermannia ohtusifolia, Hook. Adirondack Mts, A small fortn, differ- 

 ing from the ordinary one only in size. 



Frullania aeolotis, Nees. Damp shaded rocks ; Sand Lake. 



Lejunia chjpeata^ Schwein. Rockland Co. : C. F. Austin. 



Radula ohconica, Sulliv. Base of trees; Helderberg Mts. 



NEW stations of RARE PLANTS — REMARKABLE STATIONS OF COMMON 

 ONES — NOTABLE VARIETIES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Aquilegia cande7isis, L. A variety with yellow flowers, near Poughkeepsie: 

 S. Tenney. a white flowered variety near Crown Point : G. T. 

 Stevens. Also near Schenectady. 



Hydrastis canade?isis, L. Orange Co. : C. F. Austin. 



NymphcBa tuberosa, Paine. This is the Nymphcea of Niagara river. 

 Nymph(Ba odorata, the species of Schuyler and other lakes of Herki. 

 mer and Otsego counties is very variable in the size of the leaf and 

 flower ; and a clear form of the var. minor is in Summit lake. This, 

 like the N. tuberosa^ has " tuberiferous " rhizomes : G. W. C. 



Sisymbrium thaliana, Gaud. Newark, Wayne Co., 1867 : E. L. Hank- 



ENSON. 



Hypericum ellipticum^ Hook. Luzerne, Warren Co., 1867. An unusual 

 form with sepals and petals, sometimes four : G. W. C. 



Vaccaria vulgaris, Host. Albany, 1867 : G. W. C. Newark, 1867: E. L. 

 Hankenson. 



Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. New- York Island, 1866 : W. W. Denslow, 

 T. F. Allen. 



Sagina procumhens, L. Utica ; abundant in the pavements of Whitesboro 



and Liberty streets, 1866: G. W. C. 

 Medicago sativa, L. Albany ; grounds about the Reservoir. Eradicated 



with difficulty : H. Martin. 



Lespedeza stuvei, Nutt. Poestenkill, Rens. Co., 1867 : E. C. Howe. 

 Pyrus coronaria, L. Near Port Jervis : C. F. Austin. 

 Rosa setigera, MicHX. Newark, 1867 : E. L. Hankenson. 



