REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



To the Honorable the Regents of the University of the State of 

 New York: 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor of communicating to you the 

 following report : 



Specimens of plants for the State Herbarium have been col- 

 lected in the counties of Albany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Cortland, 

 Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Seneca, Tomp- 

 kins, Ulster and Wayne. 



Specimens have been contributed by correspondents who col- 

 lected them in the counties of Albany, Orleans, Onondaga, Rens- 

 selaer, Richmond, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Tompkins and Wayne. 



Specimens representing 165 species have been added to the 

 Herbarium during the past year, of which 154 were collected by 

 the Botanist and 11 were contributed. Of the former number 

 29 were not before represented in the Herbarium, and six of 

 these are new or undescribed species. Of the 11 contributed 

 species, five were not before represented. The increase in the 

 number of species represented is 34. The remaining specimens 

 show some variety or form which was lacking in the Herbarium 

 or serve to improve or make more complete the representation 

 of their respective species. 



A list of the species of which specimens have been added to 

 the Herbarium, is marked A. Appended to this list are the names 

 of 37 species of trees of which specimens have been collected. 

 These are intended to accompany the collection of wood sections 

 taken from the trunks. 



Specimens have been contributed bv 23 persons. Among the 

 contributed specimens are many extra-limital species not 

 included in the foregoing enumeration. 



Among the contributions is a volume of dried specimens of 



Carices which is of much interest. It was kindly presented to 



the State Museum by Mrs. Gould of Hudson and contains 



examples of about 150 species. It bears the inscription " Carices 



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