New York State Museum 



REPORT 



STATE BOTANIST 1900 



To the Regents of the University of the State of New York 



I have the honor of submitting to you the report of work done in the 

 botanical department of the state museum during the year 1900. 



Specimens of plants for the herbarium have been collected in the 

 counties of Albany, Essex, Franklin, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, 

 Ulster, Warren and Washington. Specimens have been received from 

 correspondents, either as contributions or for identification, that were 

 collected in the counties of Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Frank- 

 lin, Jefferson, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Otsego, Queens, 

 Saratoga, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington and Wayne. The 

 number of species of which specimens have been added to the herbarium 

 is 407. Of these, 57 were not before represented in it. The remaining 

 350 are now more completely and satisfactorily represented by the new 

 varieties and forms or by the better specimens found in these additions. 



The jiumber of species now recorded as additions to our flora is 67. 

 Specimens of t8 of these belong to the contributions of correspondents* 

 specimens of the remaining 49 were collected by the botanist. The 

 species considered new to science and described as such are 28. Of 

 these, 22 belong to the collections made by the botanist, 6 to those made 

 by correspondents. All of them are fungi. A hst of the names of 

 the species of which specimens have been added to the herbarium is 

 given, and marked A. 



A list of the names of correspondents who have furnished specimens 

 and of the names of species of which they have contributed specimens 

 is marked B. This list contains the names of 45 persons from whom 

 specimens have been received and includes two who sent specimens in 

 exchange. Specimens which were collected beyond our state limits have 

 been received from 19 contributors. 



A record of the 67 species not before reported is marked C. It in- 

 cludes descriptions of new species and remarks concerning others that 

 have been raised from varietal to specific rank or have been confused 

 with species from which they are now separated. 



