﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  95 
  

  

  botanists 
  is 
  to 
  recognize 
  their 
  specific 
  rank. 
  They 
  are, 
  therefore, 
  

   now 
  reported 
  as 
  vaHd 
  species. 
  The 
  radical 
  or 
  basal 
  leaves 
  furnish 
  the 
  

   most 
  available 
  characters 
  for 
  the 
  separation 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  species 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  lumped 
  together 
  under 
  one 
  name. 
  The 
  distinguishing 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  may 
  be 
  tabulated 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Radical 
  leaves 
  cordate 
  S. 
  aureus. 
  

  

  Radical 
  leaves 
  not 
  cordate 
  ^ 
  I 
  

  

  I 
  Radical 
  leaves 
  round, 
  obovate 
  or 
  spatulate, 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  below 
  into 
  a 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  or 
  mar- 
  

   gined 
  and 
  commonly 
  glabrous 
  petiole 
  S. 
  obovatus. 
  

  

  I 
  Radical 
  leaves 
  oblong 
  or 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  cre- 
  

   nately 
  toothed, 
  tapering 
  below 
  into 
  a 
  slender 
  

  

  more 
  or 
  less 
  hairy 
  or 
  tomentose 
  petiole 
  S. 
  Balsamitae. 
  

  

  I. 
  Radical 
  leaves 
  'oblong 
  or 
  lanceolate, 
  sharply 
  ser- 
  

   rate, 
  almost 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  or 
  abruptly 
  

   narrowed 
  into 
  the 
  glabrous 
  petiole 
  S. 
  Robbinsii. 
  

  

  Senecio 
  Balsamitae 
  Muhl. 
  

  

  Rocky 
  places 
  or 
  thin 
  soil 
  covering 
  rocks. 
  Brownsville, 
  Jefferson 
  

   county, 
  and 
  Whitehall, 
  Washington 
  county. 
  June. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Forty-seventh 
  Report, 
  page 
  i6, 
  this 
  plant 
  was 
  confused 
  

  

  with 
  S. 
  Robbinsii 
  and 
  subjoined 
  to 
  it 
  as 
  variety 
  subtomentosa. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  clearly 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Lysimachia 
  vulgaris 
  Z. 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  loosestrife 
  was 
  doubtless 
  introduced 
  into 
  this 
  country 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  plant, 
  but 
  it 
  sometimes 
  escapes 
  from 
  culti- 
  

   vation 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  growing 
  freely 
  in 
  waste 
  places 
  and 
  by 
  roadsides. 
  

   Cedarville, 
  Herkimer 
  county. 
  June. 
  

  

  Symphytum 
  asperrimum 
  Sims. 
  

  

  Roadsides. 
  Chili, 
  Monroe 
  county. 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  H. 
  McGuire. 
  Com- 
  

   municated 
  by 
  /. 
  B. 
  Fuller. 
  

  

  This 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  and 
  cultivated 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  plant, 
  but 
  like 
  

   many 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  disposed 
  to 
  run 
  wild. 
  

  

  Fissidens 
  incurvus 
  Schwcegr, 
  

   Rocks 
  in 
  damp 
  places. 
  Trout 
  lake, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  Octo- 
  

   l)er. 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Anthony. 
  

  

  