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Gaura coccinea Pursh . 

 Near Rochester. M. S. Baxter 1007, August 5. First collected 

 near Rochester by Mr Baxter in 1906 (N. Y. State- Mus. Bui. 116, 

 p. 24. 1907), and with an interval of 13 years this, species appears 

 to be well established in our flora. ..-..: 



Actaea alba (L.) Mill., forma rubrocarpa Killip, forma nov. 



Pittsford. E. P. Killip (state herbarium). 



Plant resembling A. alba, and like that species, having the 

 berries on thickened pedicels, which are reddish at maturity. The 

 berries instead of being white as in the typical form of the species 

 are dark red. 



A similar plant was reported from Cattaraugus county by Kneis- 

 kern (Torrey, Fl. JSI. Y., 1 : 22. 1843). 



Aster novae-angliae L., forma geneseensis, forma nova 



Ray-flowers white. Near Rochester. Mrs H. G. Pierce, 1904. 

 (Also reported in the Roch. Acad. Sci. Proc, 5: 20. 1910.) 



Viola sororia Willd., forma Beckwithae, forma nova 



Petals all white. Rochester. Florence Beckwith (state her- 

 barium). Also reported from Staten Island, Dowell (Torr. Club 

 Bui., 37: 167. 1910). 



Lepidium perfoliatum L. 



Along railroad tracks at Pittsford. F. S. Boughton, July 10, 

 1921. Communicated by M. S. Baxter as no. 5647. Native of 

 Europe, and apparently not previously reported from New York. 



Thalictrum revolutum DC. 

 East side of Irondequoit bay. M. S. Baxter 5609, May 22, 192 1. 



Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth 

 Along railroad tracks, East Rochester. M. S. Baxter 5501, 

 September 15, 192 1. 



Corispermum hyssopifolium L. 

 Along railroad tracks, East Rochester. M. S. Baxter 5499, 

 September 15, 1921. 



Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) R. & S. 

 Mendon ponds. Warren Matthews, July 24, 1921. Communi- 

 cated by Mr Baxter as no. 5406. This constitutes the first authentic 

 record which we have for this rare species in New York State. 



