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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Rumex 
  crispus 
  L. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fuller 
  sends 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  Rumex 
  collected 
  near 
  Rochester, 
  

   in 
  a 
  field 
  locally 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Riley 
  lot. 
  According 
  to 
  his 
  notes 
  and 
  

   the 
  characters 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  specimens, 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  from 
  four 
  

   to 
  six 
  feet 
  high, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  hight 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  R. 
  

   crispus 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  field. 
  Its 
  leaves 
  are 
  smoother 
  and 
  more 
  

   fleshy, 
  paler, 
  less 
  veiny 
  and 
  less 
  crisped 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  dock 
  which 
  they 
  otherwise 
  resemble. 
  Its 
  panicles 
  are 
  

   paler 
  and 
  the 
  fruit 
  valves 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  rounded 
  with 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  grain-bearing. 
  They 
  are 
  entire 
  or 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  toothed 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  The 
  plants 
  begin 
  to 
  blossom 
  four 
  or 
  

   five 
  weeks 
  earlier 
  than 
  R. 
  crispus, 
  but 
  they 
  ripen 
  few 
  or 
  no 
  seeds, 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  the 
  flowers 
  being 
  abortive 
  and 
  falling 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  

   in 
  July. 
  This 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  hybrids. 
  A 
  hybrid 
  of 
  

   R. 
  crispus 
  and 
  R. 
  ohtusifolius 
  is 
  known 
  and 
  was 
  reported 
  by 
  Professor 
  

   Dudley 
  in 
  his 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Plants 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  Valley, 
  but 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  Rochester 
  do 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  of 
  that 
  

   hybrid, 
  and 
  the 
  tall 
  growing 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  broad 
  rounded 
  valves 
  

   without 
  conspicuous 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  and 
  commonly 
  only 
  one 
  

   grain-bearing 
  indicate 
  rather 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  R. 
  crispus 
  and 
  R. 
  

  

  Patientia. 
  

  

  Arceuthobium 
  pusillum 
  P^. 
  

  

  This 
  parasite 
  on 
  the 
  spruce 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  M. 
  A. 
  Baxter 
  as 
  far 
  

  

  west 
  as 
  Rochester. 
  

  

  Hicoria 
  alba 
  (Z.) 
  Britton. 
  

  

  The 
  mocker 
  nut, 
  {Carya 
  tomentosa 
  Nutt.) 
  is 
  common 
  enough 
  on 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  

   it 
  is 
  either 
  wholly 
  absent 
  or 
  occasional 
  in 
  its 
  occurrence. 
  The 
  local 
  

   catalogues 
  of 
  plants 
  do 
  not 
  record 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   It 
  is 
  credited 
  to 
  Oneida 
  county 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Knieskern 
  and 
  is 
  

   mentioned 
  as 
  "scarce" 
  in 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Plants 
  of 
  Schenectady 
  

   county. 
  It 
  occurs 
  near 
  Cedar 
  Hill, 
  Albany 
  county, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   northern 
  station 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it. 
  

  

  Quercus 
  macrocarpa 
  Mx. 
  

  

  The 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  oak 
  recognized 
  by 
  Michaux 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  

   and 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  gave 
  the 
  name 
  Qucrciis 
  olivceformis, 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  

  

  