36 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Livingston County 

 Polygonum buxiforme Small 



Near the " salt mines," Griegsville. M. S. Baxter 5511, August 

 14, 1921. Polygonum exsertum Small, also collected at the same 

 place by Mr Baxter {no. 5512). 



Both of these species commonly regarded as exclusively maritime, 

 apparently occur inland in saline localities. P. buxiforme has 

 been collected along the Hudson as far north as near Albany, and 

 also on Oneida lake {House). 



Panicularia melicaria (Michx.) Hitchc. 



Shady woods near Canadice. M. S. Baxter 5405, August 28, 

 1921 (about 1900 feet altitude). 



This is one of the common species of woodland grasses in northern 

 New York. The records for western New York are few. Paine 

 (Cat. 169, 1865) merely records it from " western (New York." upon 

 the authority of Gray. Holzer (Proc. Rochester Acad., 3: 128. 

 1896) reports it as rare in Monroe county. There is a specimen in 

 the Beck herbarium collected by Gray at Bridgewater, and the writer 

 has collected it at Constantia, Oswego county. 



Madison County 



Botrychium obliquum Muhl., forma dissectum (Spreng.) comb. 



nov. 



B. dissectum Spreng. Anleit., 3: 172. 1804 



B. ternatum var. dissectum D. C. Eaton, N. Am. Ferns, 1 : 150. 1878 



B. obliquum var. dissectum Prantl. Jahrb. Bot. Gard. Berlin, 3 : 342. 1884 



Glenwood, near Oneida. House. 



C. J. Chamberlain (Bot. Gaz., 70 : 385-398. 1920) suggests that 

 this is a sterile mutant of B. obliquum, which seems quite 

 probable, as mature spores capable of germination apparently are 

 never developed. From the point of view of nomenclatorial rules 

 it is unfortunate that dissectum was described 6 years earlier than 

 B . obliquum. That it should be taken up as the name for the 

 typical species {cf. Fernald, Rhodora, 23: 151. 1920) is most incon- 

 gruous. 



Carex cryptolepis Mackenzie 



Marly wet shores of Woodman's pond, near Hamilton. House 

 7675, October 19. The date of the collection is interesting as show- 

 ing the ability of some species of Carex for continuous development 

 throughout the season. 



Carex castanea Wahl. 

 Thin but wet woods near Peterboro. House 8324, June 29, 192 1 

 Plants several days past maturity. 



