REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST, 1 898 645 



taken to destroy it before it has had time to mature a crop of seeds. If 

 this is thoroughly done it should not be difficult to prevent its becoming 

 established in new localities. It is often considered a variety of the sea- 

 coast plant Salsola Kali, and mentioned under the name Salsola Kali 

 var. Tragus. 



Convallaria majalis L. 



The lily of the valley grows wild farther south, but is frequently culti- 

 vated in our state because of its delightful fragrance and early flowers. 

 It sometimes escapes from cultivation here and grows spontaneously. 

 Specimens were found growing in a grove on the margin of a meadow at 

 Menands. May. 



Juncoides spicatum (Z.) Kimtze 



Top of Wallface mountain, Essex co, June. At present this is the 

 only known station of this northern species in our state. It is found in 

 considerable abundance along the brow of the precipice that forms the 

 western wall of Indian pass. Why it should be here and not on other 

 prominent peaks of the Adirondack mountains is not easily answered. Its 

 spike-like panicle bears some resemblance to that of Carex teretiiiscula. 



Panicum Atlanticum Nash 

 Pastures and dry open places. Fulton Chain. July. Dresden Station. 

 • August. Our plant is a small or dwarf form 4 to 8 inches high. Its 

 panicles are few-flowered, and its spikelets are scarcely one line long. 

 It grows in patches and both leaves and culms bear long white spread- 

 ing hairs. 



Alopecurus agrestis L. 



Menands. June. This is an introduced grass occasionally found in 

 waste places. 



Panicularia borealis Nash 



Shallow svater along streams and margins of lakes. Lansingburg. 

 E. C. Howe. Caroga, Fulton co. and Cascade lake, Essex co. It 

 appears like a small or slefider form of Panicularia fluitans , and like that 

 species it sometimes has floating leaves. 



Botrychium dissectum Spreng. 



Old fields and pastures. Alcove, Albany co. North Elba. August 

 and September. This is Botrychium ternatum var. dissectum in the 

 Manual and Botrychium lunarioides var. dissectum in New York state 

 flora. 



