REPORT 



OF THE 



STATE BOTANIST 



1898 



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



Gentlemen : I have the honor of submitting to you my report of 

 work done in the botanical department of the state museum during the 

 year 1898. 



Specimens of plants for the herbarium have been collected in the 

 counties of Albany, Essex, Greene, Herkimer, Oswego, Rensselaer, Sar- 

 atoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and Washington. Specimens have been 

 received from correspondents, either as contributions or for identifica- 

 tion, collected in the counties of Cayuga, Columbia, Essex, Kings, Mon- 

 roe, Onondaga, Queens, Richmond, Saratoga, St Lawrence, Tioga and 

 •Washington. The number of species of which specimens have been 

 added to the herbarium is 282. Of these 46 were not before represented 

 in it and 236 are now more completely and satisfactorily represented 

 than before. Specimens contributed by correspondents represent 21 

 species, specimens collected by the botanist, 261. The number of new 

 species described is 6. 



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 contributors and 

 of the species represented by their respective contributions is marked B. 

 This list contains the names of 30 contributors of whom 15 have sent 

 specimens collected beyond our state limits. 



In the sixth and latest edition of Gray's Manual of botany many plant 

 names adopted in former editions are changed. These changes are 

 partly due to a different understanding of species and partly to the 

 requirements of the law of priority of publication. The change of well- 

 estabhshed botanical names made familiar by long use is greatly to be 



