164 REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



Pyi-us coronaria, L. Near Port Jervis: C. F. Austin. 



Rosa setigera, Michx. Newark, 1867: E. L. Hankenson. 



Parnassia caroliniana, Michx. Tivoli pond, near Albany. 



Saxifraga aizoides, L. Portage; left bank of the Genesee river, between the 



second and third fall. June 16th, 1867: D. F. Day. 

 Sedum acre, L. Lockport, 1867. Naturalized: G. W. C. 

 Solidago bicolor, var. concolor, Gray. Plains between Albany and Schenectady, 



1867. 

 Solidago 'puberula, Nutt. Luzerne, 1867: G. W. C. 



Xanthium spinosum, L. West Troy, about the Roy factories, 1867: H. Martin. 

 Galinsoga parviflora, Cav. Albany, 1867: G. W. C. 

 Leucanthemum vulgare, var. tubuUfloivmi, Tenney. Near Poughkeepsie : S. 



Tenney. 

 Artemisia biennis, Willd. Cohoes, about factories, 1867: G. W. C. 

 Sonchus arvensis, L. Angola, Erie Co., 1865; Eichfield Springs, abundant, 



1866: G. W. C. 

 Mhodora canadensis, L. Sam's Point, Ulster Co.: C. F. Austin. 

 Pyrola secunda, var. pumila, Paine. Head of Little lake and of Mud lake, 



near Richfield Springs, 1866: G. W. C. 

 Eujpliorbia platypJiylla, L. Cohoes, 1867. 

 Thymus serpyllum, L. Orange Co.: C. F. Austin. 

 Polemoniwn ceei-uleum, L. Head of Little (Weaver's) lake, near Richfield 



Springs, 1866: G. W. C. 

 Blitum bojius-lienricus, Reichenbach. Roadsides; Mohawk and near Richfield 



Springs, 1866: G. W. C. 

 Atriplex patula, var. littoralis. Gray. Salina, Richfield Springs and Buflalo: 



G. W. C, Newark, 1867: E. L. Hankenson. Possibly a distinct species. 

 Salsoli kali, L. Sandy embankments near Newburgh. W. R. Gerard. 

 Alnus seirulata. Ait. Common on dry sandy soil between Albany and Sche- 

 nectady. 

 Salix longifolia, Muhl. Cohoes and banks of the Hudson above Albany. 



This species is subject to the attacks of a small, gall-making, h^menopter- 



ous insect, the Euursalicis-nodus, Walsh. In the last named locality its 



work has been so extensive that but few of the young shoots and branches 



are free from the galls in which the insect passes the early stages of its 



existence. The sparse fruit and short leaves indicate the injury which the 



plant sustains. 

 Pinus resinosa, Ait. Sand Lake and Catskill Mts. 

 Larix americana, Michx. East Greeubush; a tree bearing proliferous cones, 



the branch being prolonged from the apex of the cone. 

 Potamogeton praelongus, Wulfen. Lake Placid. Luxuriant specimens were 



found growing in water not less than eight to ten feet deep; the leaves 



often ten inches long. 1867. 

 Calopogon pulchellus, R. Br. Center Station, between Albany and Schenectady, 



growing in dry hard soil, but in the vicinity of bogs. 

 Juncus scirpoides, var. macrostemon, Gray. Wet sand, Staten Island: C. F. 



Austin. 



