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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  contributed 
  by 
  43 
  contributors. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  their 
  contributions 
  represent 
  species 
  not 
  yet 
  found 
  within 
  

   the 
  Hmits 
  of 
  our 
  State. 
  Some 
  of 
  these, 
  though 
  sent 
  for 
  identifica- 
  

   tion 
  merely, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  new 
  or 
  undescribed 
  species 
  and 
  

   will 
  be 
  carefully 
  preserved 
  as 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  represented 
  by 
  

   them. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  contributors 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  contributions 
  is 
  

   marked 
  B. 
  

  

  A 
  record 
  of 
  species 
  new 
  to 
  our 
  flora, 
  giving 
  locality, 
  time 
  of 
  collect- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  other 
  matters 
  of 
  interest 
  concerning 
  them; 
  also 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  

   new 
  species 
  giving 
  descriptions 
  of 
  them, 
  has 
  been 
  made. 
  A 
  few 
  

   plants 
  previously 
  reported 
  and 
  regarded 
  as 
  mere 
  varieties 
  of 
  other 
  

   reported 
  species 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  either 
  raised 
  or 
  restored 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  

   of 
  distinct 
  species 
  and 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  record. 
  It 
  is 
  marked 
  C. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  previous 
  custom, 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  observations 
  upon 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  species 
  already 
  reported 
  has 
  been 
  made. 
  This 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  

   contain 
  various 
  matters 
  of 
  interest 
  concerning 
  those 
  plants, 
  such 
  as 
  

   new 
  stations 
  for 
  rare 
  species, 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  previously 
  known 
  geo- 
  

   graphical 
  range, 
  unusual 
  habitats, 
  noticeable 
  variations 
  and 
  descrip- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  new 
  varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  marked 
  D. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  reports 
  a 
  collation 
  in 
  systematic 
  order 
  

   has 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  some 
  

   particular 
  genus, 
  and 
  full 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  generally 
  sup- 
  

   plemented 
  by 
  additional 
  remarks 
  on 
  their 
  peculiarities, 
  relations 
  and 
  

   distinctive 
  features, 
  have 
  been 
  given. 
  This 
  work 
  was 
  begun 
  with 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  gradually 
  bringing 
  together 
  material 
  for 
  a 
  descriptive 
  

   manual 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  agarics. 
  These 
  little 
  monographs 
  have 
  been 
  well 
  

   received 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  much 
  aid 
  to 
  students 
  of 
  our 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  mycology. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  highly 
  appreciated 
  in 
  some 
  

   instances 
  that 
  special 
  requests 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  reports 
  con- 
  

  

  