REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR 10,2 1 6l' 



Carex stiricta Lam. 



This coastal plain, sedge .exhibits parallel forms to ' those 

 of Carex strictior. ; Forma brevior, forma nova. Pistil- 

 late spikes stout, 5-15 mm long and 3. 5-4.5 (rarely 5) mm thick, 

 sometimes staminate at the apex. Islip, Suffolk county, Peck 

 (type). Forma pedicellaris, forma nova. Pistillate spikes very 

 slender on short or sometimes somewhat elongated filiform 

 stalks, 2.5-3 mm thick, 15-40 mm long, the peryginia less 

 crowded and toward the base becoming widely separated. Islip, 

 Suffolk county, Peck (type). 



Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. Hort. Kew., 2:11. 1789 

 Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 7 to 20 mm long and 3 to 7 mm 

 wide in the typical form, merging into the commoner, broader- 

 leaved and more glabrous form which may be designated as var. 

 laevifolia, var. nov. (V. pennsylvanicum Lam., not 

 Mill.) 



Another extreme of the species has the leaves and twigs more 

 or less pubescent, the leaf-blades evidently lustrous, and is var. 

 myrtilloides (Michx.) comb. nov. (V . myrtilloides 

 Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 234. 1803 ; A . pennsylvanicum 

 var. myrtilloides Fernald, Rhodora, 10: 148. 1908), and 

 while chiefly more northern in distribution, has been collected 

 by Peck at Islip, Long Island. .; 



Asclepias pulchra Ehrh., forma albiflora, forma nova 

 Flowers white. Clove lake, Staten Island, Hollick. Also 

 reported in Torr. Club Bui., 6 : 294. 1879, under A. incarna t a 



Lithospermum luteum (Raf.) comb. nov. 



L. lati folium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am., 13 131. 1803. Not Forsk. 1775- 

 Cyphorina latifolia Raf. Am. Mo. Mag., 4: 191. 1819 ••;, 



Cyphorina lutea Raf. Cat. 13. 1824 

 L. lutescens N. Coleman, Cat. PL Grand Rapids. 29. 1874 



In dry thickets, fields and woods. Infrequent in the western 

 part of the State. ■■-■■-.; 



Pontederia cordata L. 



Under U m s e n a (Med. Repos. II, 5 : 352. 1808) and 

 Unisema (Med. Bot., 2: 107. 1830), Rafinesque describes 

 several so-called species, all referable to forms of the Linnaean 

 species. Of these forms occurring in New York, his U . media 

 represents our common form, while his U. Purshiana is 

 the very narrow-leaved form (P. angustifolia Pursh). 



