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Lactuca canadensis L., var. montana Britton 

 (in Britton & Brown, Illus. FL, 3 : 274. 1898) 



L. integrifolia Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 287. 1824. Not Nutt. 

 L. sagittifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga., 2 : 253. 1822 ; Gray's Man. Ed. 

 7, 867. 1908 

 L. elongata var. integrifolia T. & G., Fl. N. Am., 2 : 496. 1843 

 L. canadensis var. integrifolia Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 281. 1869 



Leaves thin, acuminate, pale beneath, tapering to a sessile sagit- 

 tate-clasping base, the lower ones sparingly sinuate-toothed toward 

 the base, the upper ones all entire; stem glabrous and glaucous, 

 achenes black, oval, flattened, one-nerved on each face, finely pitted 

 and transversely wrinkled, the beak about equal to the body of the 

 achene in length ; pappus white ; flowers apparently yellow. 



This is doubtless the plant reported by Burnham and Latham 

 (Torreya, 14: 252. 1914) asL. sagittifolia Ell., which is 

 not uncommon in southern New York. The plants here described 

 were collected by Roy Latham, at Cutchogue, town of Southold, and 

 presented to the state herbarium. 



NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES REGARDING CERTAIN 

 .NEW YORK STATE PLANTS 



The purpose of the following notes is to present in a somewhat 

 formal manner changes of names of certain plants, varieties and 

 forms, which have been found necessary in order to secure uni- 

 formity of nomenclature throughout the proposed list of New York 

 State plants. 



An intensive study of the flora of the State which the writer has 

 been engaged upon for several seasons, develops the necessity which 

 always follows a careful study of local variations, of recognizing 

 formally the existence of distinct varieties, many of which possess 

 a distinct geographical range, others of which seem to be more 

 dependent upon certain ecological conditions. The systematic posi- 

 tion of " forms " as they are now designated is less satisfactory, but 

 it seems necessary in a list of this sort to record formally the most 

 marked members of this category. 



Torresia Nashii (Bicknell) comb. nov. 

 Savastana Nashii Bicknell, Torr. Club Bui., 25 : 104. pi. 189. 1898 

 In and along the edges of brackish marshes near New York City. 



Eleocharis annua (Thuill.) comb. nov. 



Scirpus ovatus Roth, Catal. Bot., 1: 5. 1797. Not Gilib. 1792 



S. capitatus Schreb. Spicil. 60. 1771. Not L. 



S. compressus Moench, Meth. 349. 1794. Not Pers. 



