REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR 1 92 1 VJ 



Mimulus alatus Soland. 

 Several years ago Doctor Peck collected near Albany, a form of 

 this species with pure white corollas (34th Rep't N. Y. State Mus. 

 54), preserved in the state herbarium, and which may be designated 

 as forma albiflorus, forma nova. 



Mimulus ringens L. 

 A specimen of this species with pure white corollas was also col- 

 lected by Doctor Peck, near Albany and likewise reported along 

 with the preceding form. It is preserved in the state herbarium 

 and may be designated as forma Peckii, forma nova. 



Oxalis rufa Small 



Sandy thickets, Karner. House 7856, May 23, 1921. 



Polygala paucifolia Willd., forma alba Wheelock. 



P. paucifolia var. albiHora Ral Med. Bot., 2:64. 1830 

 P. pauctfolia var. alba Eights, in T. & G. Fl. N. Am., 1 :i32. 1838 

 P. paucifolia var. albiflora Knight, Rhodora, 8:66. 1906 

 P. paucifolia forma alba Wheelock, Torr. Club Mem., 2:142. 1891 ; House, 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 205-206:27. 1917 



A conspicuous and beautiful form of the species growing at Glen- 

 mont, Albany county, and also reported from several other localities 

 throughout the State. The plants spread and propagate largely by 

 means of the underground stems, so that large colonies of the white- 

 flowered form are occasionally developed. 



Prunus americana Marsh., forma rosea (Peck) comb. nov. 

 Prunus americana var. rosea Peck, 47th Rep't N. Y. State Mus. 27. 1804 



Petals pink or rosy in color. Meadowdale. Dr C. H. Peck 

 (state herbarium), also collected by Doctor Peck at Westport, Essex 

 county. 



Raimannia laciniata (Hill) Rose 



Along railroad tracks at Selkirk. House 7027, June 11. 



A native of the western states, and apparently introduced here 

 with shipments of grain and hay, several of which upon inquiry, 

 were said to have been received from the west during the past few 

 seasons. 



Rosa serrulata Raf . 



Common in the dry sandy plains west of Albany and about Karner. 

 House 6367, June 26, 1919. 



