﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  27 
  

  

  lected 
  in 
  North 
  Elba. 
  Near 
  Meadowdale 
  a 
  variety 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  petals 
  are 
  variegated 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  white. 
  This 
  variety 
  

   has 
  been 
  observed 
  there 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   stant 
  in 
  its 
  characters. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  received 
  specimens 
  of 
  it 
  from 
  

   other 
  places 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  strange 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  designated 
  

   by 
  name 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  botanists 
  who 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  study 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  violets. 
  

  

  Viola 
  rotundif 
  olia 
  Mx. 
  

  

  Fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  round 
  leaved 
  yellow 
  violet 
  showing 
  the 
  

  

  branched 
  peduncles 
  of 
  the 
  clistogamic 
  flowers 
  were 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  roadside 
  2 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Aiden 
  Lair 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  Viola 
  selkirkii 
  Pursh. 
  

  

  This 
  pretty, 
  but 
  with 
  us 
  rare, 
  little 
  blue 
  violet 
  has 
  disappeared 
  

  

  from 
  its 
  former 
  station 
  in 
  a 
  pine 
  grove 
  near 
  West 
  Albany. 
  It 
  was 
  

  

  found 
  last 
  spring 
  in 
  a 
  grove 
  of 
  arbor 
  vitae 
  trees 
  near 
  Minerva, 
  

  

  Essex 
  co. 
  

  

  Xylaria 
  grandis 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Van 
  Etten, 
  Chemung 
  co. 
  W. 
  0. 
  Barbour. 
  The 
  specimens 
  on 
  

  

  which 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  founded 
  were 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  G. 
  W. 
  Clinton 
  

  

  in 
  1872. 
  No 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  me 
  

  

  till 
  these 
  came 
  from 
  Mr 
  Barbour. 
  They 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  typical 
  form 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  specimens 
  sent 
  have 
  the 
  clubs 
  

  

  merely 
  mucronate 
  rather 
  than 
  acuminate. 
  The 
  radicating 
  base 
  

  

  is 
  wanting 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens, 
  but 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  broken 
  

  

  off 
  in 
  collecting. 
  The 
  spores 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  as 
  those 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimens 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  identity 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  two 
  fungi. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  rare 
  species 
  to 
  escape 
  a 
  second 
  

  

  discovery 
  for 
  30 
  years. 
  

  

  E 
  

  

  EDIBLE 
  FUNGI 
  

  

  Collybia 
  acervata 
  Fr. 
  

  

  TUFTED 
  COLLYBIA 
  

  

  PLATE 
  84, 
  FIG. 
  8-13 
  

  

  Pileus 
  slightly 
  fleshy, 
  convex 
  becoming 
  expanded 
  or 
  nearly 
  

   plane, 
  glabrous, 
  hygrophanous, 
  pale 
  tan 
  color 
  or 
  incarnate 
  red 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  obscurely 
  striatulate 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  when 
  moist, 
  

   whitish 
  after 
  the 
  escape 
  of 
  the 
  moisture; 
  lamellae 
  narrow, 
  thin, 
  

  

  