﻿REPORT 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  

  

  1897 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Nezv 
  

   York 
  

  

  Gentlemen 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  submitting 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  followinc^ 
  

   report. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  my 
  last 
  report, 
  specimens 
  of 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  

   have 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  botanist 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Albany, 
  Essex, 
  

   Rensselaer, 
  Saratoga 
  and 
  Ulster. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  correspondents 
  who 
  collected 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Cayuga, 
  Dutchess, 
  Essex^ 
  Genesee^ 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton, 
  Monroe, 
  Onondaga, 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Suffolk. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  specimens 
  added 
  

   to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  is 
  279, 
  of 
  which 
  258 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  of 
  the 
  botanist, 
  21 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  his 
  correspondents. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  species 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  is 
  49, 
  of 
  which 
  42 
  are 
  

   represented 
  by 
  collected 
  specimens, 
  7 
  by 
  contributed 
  specimens. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  are 
  26 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  considered 
  new 
  to 
  science 
  

   and 
  are 
  therefore 
  described 
  as 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  is 
  marked 
  A. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  

   contributed 
  or 
  received 
  for 
  identification, 
  together 
  With 
  the 
  names 
  

   of 
  their 
  respective 
  contributors 
  is 
  marked 
  B. 
  

  

  A 
  rec(jrd 
  has 
  1)een 
  made 
  of 
  tlie 
  species 
  new 
  to 
  our 
  flora, 
  giving 
  the 
  

   locality 
  in 
  which 
  tliey 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  their 
  collection, 
  

  

  