﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  23 
  

  

  The 
  caps 
  were 
  either 
  wholly 
  or 
  partly 
  yellow. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  form 
  in 
  our 
  State. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  either 
  

   wholly 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  the 
  center 
  only 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  or 
  orange, 
  

   the 
  margin 
  remaining 
  yellow. 
  The 
  form 
  having 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  uniformly 
  bright 
  red 
  or 
  orange 
  red 
  is 
  very 
  rare 
  

   with 
  us. 
  Yet 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  commonly 
  figured 
  by 
  European 
  

   mycologists 
  as 
  Amanita 
  muscaria. 
  The 
  form 
  having 
  

   the 
  pale 
  yellow 
  cap 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Gonnermann 
  and 
  Rabenhorst 
  

   as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  but 
  Fries 
  reduced 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  variety. 
  The 
  

   instances 
  mentioned 
  above 
  are 
  strong 
  presumptive 
  evidence 
  of 
  its 
  

   harmless 
  character 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  another 
  point 
  of 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  between 
  this 
  plant 
  and 
  the 
  poisonous 
  fly 
  amanita. 
  They 
  

   strengthen 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  regarded 
  the 
  plant 
  with 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  cap 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  Still 
  these 
  two 
  mushrooms 
  

   are 
  so 
  closely 
  allied 
  in 
  size, 
  shape 
  and 
  structure 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   seem 
  prudent 
  to 
  regard 
  them 
  as 
  distinct 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  yellowish 
  

   capped 
  one 
  as 
  edible, 
  till 
  full 
  trial 
  and 
  investigation 
  has 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  the 
  fact 
  beyond 
  question. 
  

  

  Aster 
  roscidus 
  variifolius 
  n. 
  var. 
  

  

  Lower 
  stem 
  leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong 
  ovate, 
  cordate, 
  acuminate, 
  

   serrate, 
  petiolate, 
  2-5 
  inches 
  long, 
  upper 
  stem 
  leaves 
  much 
  smaller, 
  

   oblong, 
  entire, 
  sessile 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  widely 
  winged 
  petiole, 
  

   scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  1 
  inch 
  long. 
  

  

  Woods 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  north 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  Sep- 
  

   tember. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  plant 
  is 
  glandular. 
  The 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  upper 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   abruptly 
  reduced 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  Aster 
  undulatus 
  L. 
  

   A 
  small 
  form, 
  1.5-2 
  feet 
  tall, 
  with 
  leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  subrotund, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  petiolate, 
  cordate 
  and 
  serrate 
  with 
  broad 
  teeth, 
  occur* 
  

   near 
  Minerva. 
  It 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  A. 
  undulatus 
  abrupti- 
  

   f 
  o 
  1 
  i 
  u 
  s 
  , 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  plant. 
  

  

  Antennaria 
  neglecta 
  Greene 
  

   A 
  dwarf 
  form 
  having 
  the 
  heads 
  densely 
  capitate, 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  

   the 
  pistillate 
  plant 
  only 
  2-4 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  staminate 
  plant 
  

   2 
  inches 
  or 
  less, 
  occurs 
  at 
  Minerva. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  flower 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  

  

  