REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9OO 161 



Prunella vulgaris L. 



This weed sometimes invades lawns' and assumes a low, spreading or 

 almost prostrate mode of growth, so that the lawn mower easily passes 

 over it without cutting it. The common chickweed, plantain, rib grass 

 and dandelion are all bad weeds in a lawn. 



Polygonum douglasii Greene 

 Mt Defiance is the second locality in which this rare knotweed has 

 been found by me in our state. Mr Burnham finds it on Peaked moun- 

 tain, Washington co. 



Rumex altissimus Wood 

 The pale dock usually grows in moist ground or in swamps, but two 

 patches of it were recently found growing in dry, upland soil in waste 

 places in North Albany. The plants were healthy and vigorous. 



Gentiana linearis Froel. 

 This is the common gentian of the Adirondack region. Its flowers 

 are generally blue, as stated m our descriptive botanies, but specimens 

 were found growing in a marsh near Floodwood, in which the flowers 

 were either blue, pinkish purple, white or greenish white. 



Juncus trifidus L, 



The top of Wallface mountain is a new locality for this rare .species. 

 It had previously been found on Mt Marcy and Mt Whiteface, 



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Peramium menziesii {Lmd/.) Moron^ 

 Two specimens of this rare species were found in woods near Flood- 

 wood. 



Carex scirpoidea Mx. 



After a careful search on Wallface mountain for staminate plants of 

 this rare mountain sedge only three were found, though the pistillate 

 plants were not scarce. The staminate plants in this locality are much 

 smaller than the others. 



Carex tenuiflora Wahl. 

 East Lake George peat marsh. June. S. H. Burnham. In N. Y. 

 state flora this rare species is credited to Oriskany and Ogdensburg. 



Festuca ovina L. 

 This small fescue grass occurs sparingly on Wallface mountain. 



