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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  "museum 
  

  

  Brassica 
  juncea 
  (L.) 
  Cosson 
  

   Fields 
  and 
  waste 
  places. 
  Common. 
  The 
  Indian 
  mustard 
  closely 
  

   resembles 
  the 
  Charlock 
  or 
  wild 
  mustard, 
  B. 
  arvensis, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  more 
  glabrous 
  character, 
  its 
  longer 
  and 
  

   more 
  slender 
  pedicels 
  and 
  its 
  less 
  prominently 
  nerved 
  pod. 
  

  

  Viola 
  scabriuscula 
  {T. 
  S 
  G.) 
  Schiv. 
  

   The 
  smoothish 
  yellow 
  violet 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species 
  and 
  in 
  my 
  opinion 
  should 
  never 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  the 
  

   rank 
  of 
  a 
  mere 
  variety 
  of 
  Viola 
  puhcsccns. 
  As 
  such 
  it 
  has 
  often 
  

   been 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  perplexity 
  to 
  young 
  botanists 
  who 
  could 
  scarcely 
  

   believe 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  our 
  state 
  

   and 
  is 
  very 
  constant 
  in 
  its 
  characters. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  

   where 
  V. 
  pubescens 
  is 
  wanting. 
  

  

  Hypericum 
  majus 
  (Grcnj) 
  Jh-iHon 
  

  

  Shore 
  of 
  Bowman 
  pond. 
  Sand 
  Lake, 
  Rensselaer 
  county. 
  August. 
  

   The 
  larger 
  Canadian 
  St 
  Johnswort 
  was 
  formerly 
  considered 
  a 
  

   variety 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  St 
  Johnswort, 
  Hypericum 
  Canadensc, 
  and 
  

   was 
  reported 
  as 
  such. 
  

  

  Euonymus 
  Europaeus 
  L. 
  

  

  Borders 
  of, 
  woods 
  and 
  waste 
  places. 
  West 
  Albany. 
  June. 
  This 
  

   shrub 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  this 
  country 
  from 
  Europe, 
  and 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  escapes 
  from 
  cultivation. 
  Its 
  common 
  name 
  is 
  spindle 
  tree. 
  

  

  Acer 
  nigrum 
  J/r. 
  

  

  Cattaraugus, 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  counties. 
  The 
  black 
  sugar 
  

  

  maple 
  has 
  generally 
  been 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  sugar 
  maple, 
  

  

  but 
  following 
  the 
  Illustrated 
  flora 
  we 
  now 
  give 
  it 
  specific 
  recognition. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  observed 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  The 
  chief 
  

  

  difference 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  trees 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  leaves. 
  

  

  Rubus 
  Allegheniensis 
  Porter^ 
  

  

  Common 
  in 
  hilly 
  and 
  mountainous 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Long 
  

   considered 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Rubus 
  tillosus, 
  the 
  high 
  bush 
  blackberry, 
  but 
  

   separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Porter 
  in 
  1890, 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  bearing 
  llie 
  

   name 
  R. 
  villosus 
  montanus. 
  In 
  1896 
  he 
  raised 
  it 
  to 
  specific 
  rank. 
  

  

  