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  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
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  corals, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  being 
  palpably 
  unlike 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  beds. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  volcanic 
  mass 
  known 
  as 
  Black 
  cape, 
  

   there 
  are 
  several 
  noteworthy 
  inclusions 
  of 
  the 
  fossil-bearing 
  lime- 
  

   stones 
  within 
  the 
  lava. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  fossils, 
  this 
  section 
  from 
  

   base 
  to 
  top 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  (exclusive 
  of 
  Clinton) 
  

   or 
  Rochester 
  shale 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  Siluric, 
  though 
  the 
  assemblage 
  

   will 
  doubtless 
  show 
  a 
  preponderance 
  of 
  Atlantic 
  or 
  European 
  

   types 
  which 
  will 
  bring 
  it 
  into 
  more 
  proper 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  sections 
  at 
  Arisaig 
  and 
  on 
  Anticosti 
  island. 
  Its 
  thickness 
  

   is 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  7000 
  feet 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  the 
  section 
  over- 
  

   passes 
  any 
  Siluric 
  section 
  known 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  191 
  1 
  have 
  been 
  

   mounted 
  on 
  herbarium 
  sheets 
  and 
  arranged 
  in 
  their 
  proper 
  places 
  

   in 
  the 
  herbarium 
  or 
  placed 
  in 
  boxes 
  and 
  distributed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  in 
  their 
  proper 
  places. 
  Lack 
  of 
  room 
  has 
  prevented 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  removal 
  to 
  the 
  

   Education 
  Building 
  will 
  soon 
  obviate 
  this 
  difficulty. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  plants, 
  indigenous 
  and 
  naturalized, 
  for 
  represen- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  herbarium 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  

   in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Albany, 
  Essex, 
  Lewis, 
  Livingston, 
  Monroe, 
  

   Steuben 
  and 
  Sullivan. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  have 
  been 
  contributed 
  that 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  

   counties 
  of 
  Albany, 
  Chautauqua, 
  Cattaraugus, 
  Clinton, 
  Columbia, 
  

   Fulton, 
  Hamilton, 
  Herkimer, 
  Monroe, 
  New 
  York, 
  Oneida, 
  On- 
  

   tario, 
  Onondaga, 
  Orleans, 
  Oswego, 
  Rensselaer, 
  Richmond, 
  Scho- 
  

   harie, 
  Suffolk, 
  Tompkins, 
  Ulster, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  extralimital 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  contributed 
  that 
  

   were 
  collected 
  in 
  Canada, 
  California, 
  Connecticut, 
  Cuba, 
  District 
  

   of 
  Columbia, 
  Indiana, 
  Kansas, 
  Kentucky, 
  Maine, 
  Maryland, 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  Michigan, 
  Minnesota, 
  Montana, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  Ohio, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Utah 
  and 
  

   Vermont. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  herbarium 
  is 
  278 
  of 
  which 
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  were 
  not 
  before 
  represented 
  

   therein. 
  Of 
  these, 
  11 
  are 
  considered 
  new 
  or 
  hitherto 
  undescribed 
  

   species. 
  

  

  