REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST, 1898 65 1 



REMARKS AST) OBSERVATIONS 



Glaucium Glaucium {L.) Karst. 



Syracuse. June. Miss L. W. Roberts. The yellow horned poppy 

 or sea poppy is an introduced plant found chiefly along or near the sea 

 shore. 



Floerkia proserpinacoides Willd. 



The occurrence of the false mermaid about Tarrytown has been 

 reported by J. H. Barnhart, and in Richmond county, by W. T. Davis, 



Potentilla fruticosa L. 



A single poor infertile starved bush of the shrubby cinquefoil was 

 found on Wallface mountain. Its appearance did not give much promige 

 that it would long continue to represent its species there. 



Geum macrophyllum Willd. 



The large leaved avens is a rare species in our state, but is quite plen- 

 tiful in the eastern part of North Elba. It is abundant along the old 

 road to Keene, about the head of Casca^Ie lake and in low meadows 

 between Freemans Home and Wood farm. 



Amelanchier oligocarpa {Mx.) Roem. 



This Juneberry ascends to the open summit of Mt Marcy. It also 

 descends to the valleys and occurs by the roadside about a half mile 

 southeast of North Elba post office. 



Ribes prostratum rHer. 



The flowers of the fetid currant are variable in color. They are pale 



greenish with slight tints of red or pink on some plants, purphsh red on 



others. 



Viburnum alnifolium Marsh. 



Several years ago the superintendent of the Adirondack survey reported 

 to me the occurrence in the Adirondack region of a hobble bush bearing 

 pink flowers. Finding no mention of such a variety in the botanies, and 

 wishing if possible to procure specimens of it, the region where it had 

 been seen was visited early in the season. A few plants were found in 

 which the large exterior flowers of the cyme or cluster had a pinkish 

 color, and occasionally some of the small interior flowers were similarly 



