﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST, 
  1897 
  279 
  

  

  giving 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  under 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  here 
  reported. 
  Its 
  fruit 
  con- 
  

   stitutes 
  its 
  chief 
  and 
  most 
  available 
  distinguishing 
  character. 
  This 
  

   is 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  and 
  has 
  small 
  drupelets 
  and 
  a 
  peculiar 
  rich 
  

   spicy 
  flavor 
  which 
  most 
  people 
  prefer 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  separated. 
  

  

  Rubus 
  Baileyanus 
  Britton 
  

  

  Bailey's 
  blackberry 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  

  

  our 
  state 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Rubus 
  villosus 
  

  

  humifusus, 
  

  

  Agrimonia 
  mollis 
  ( 
  T. 
  <f- 
  G.) 
  Britton 
  

  

  Roadside. 
  Sand 
  Lake, 
  Rensselaer 
  county. 
  September. 
  The 
  

   single 
  fruiting 
  specimen 
  found 
  does 
  not 
  fully 
  correspond 
  to 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  with 
  some 
  doubt 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  it. 
  The 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  is 
  slightly 
  pubescent 
  and 
  

   is 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  minute 
  shining 
  glands. 
  

  

  Aronia 
  nigra 
  ( 
  Willd.) 
  Britton 
  

  

  The 
  black 
  chokeberry 
  was 
  reported 
  in 
  A^ 
  Y. 
  state 
  flora 
  by 
  Dr 
  

   Torrey 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pyrus 
  arbntifolia 
  melanocarpa. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  

   frequent 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  than 
  the 
  red 
  

   chokeberry, 
  Aronia 
  arbuti 
  folia. 
  A 
  dwarf 
  form 
  scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  

   a 
  foot 
  high 
  is 
  common 
  about 
  Lake 
  Minnew^aska. 
  It 
  grows 
  from 
  

   thin 
  soil 
  covering 
  rocks. 
  

  

  Amelanchier 
  rotundifolia 
  {3Ix.) 
  Roem. 
  

  

  North 
  Elba, 
  Essex 
  county. 
  This 
  species 
  should 
  be 
  cautiously 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  closely 
  related 
  low 
  June 
  berry, 
  A. 
  spicata. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  larger 
  shrub 
  and 
  has 
  larger 
  leaves 
  and 
  flowers, 
  but 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  

   A. 
  spicata 
  are 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  as 
  rotmd 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  A. 
  rotundifolia. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  will 
  indicate 
  the 
  prominent 
  distinguishing 
  

   characters 
  of 
  our 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  

  

  Lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  leaves 
  glabrous 
  or 
  but 
  slightly 
  

   pubescent 
  i 
  

  

  Lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  leaves 
  conspicuously 
  pubescent 
  

  

  or 
  woolly 
  3 
  

  

  I 
  Flowers 
  more 
  than 
  [ 
  in 
  a 
  cluster 
  2 
  

  

  