﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist. 
  133 
  

  

  Some 
  special 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  perfect 
  the 
  representa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  pond 
  weeds 
  in 
  the 
  Herbarium. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  

   the 
  State 
  Flora 
  was 
  written 
  by 
  Doctor 
  John 
  Torrey 
  nine 
  species 
  

   of 
  Potamogeton 
  were 
  recorded 
  as 
  inhabiting 
  New 
  York 
  waters. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Naiadaceee 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  recently 
  

   prepared 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Thomas 
  Morong, 
  27 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  

   are 
  recognized. 
  Of 
  these 
  26 
  are 
  now 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   Herbarium. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  are 
  extremely 
  variable 
  and 
  

   require 
  many 
  specimens 
  to 
  properly 
  represent 
  them 
  in 
  all 
  their 
  

   variations. 
  Many 
  forms 
  and 
  varieties 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  

   have 
  been 
  collected, 
  also 
  one 
  species 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  and 
  

   one 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  State. 
  Potainogeton 
  lucens 
  var. 
  Connecticutensis 
  

   was 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  H. 
  Hoysradt 
  in 
  Stissing 
  pond 
  sev. 
  

   eral 
  years 
  ago. 
  This 
  still 
  remains 
  its 
  only 
  known 
  locality 
  in 
  our 
  

   State. 
  From 
  it 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  form 
  have 
  been 
  obtained. 
  

   More 
  typical 
  forms 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Cayuga 
  lakes 
  

   where 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  scarce. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  species 
  of 
  Potamogeton 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  

   report. 
  " 
  The 
  Plains 
  " 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  lying 
  

   along 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  

   part 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  Being 
  desirous 
  of 
  observing 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  its 
  vegetation 
  this 
  place 
  was 
  visited. 
  It 
  is 
  destitute 
  

   of 
  trees 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  poplars 
  and 
  tama- 
  

   racks. 
  Clumps 
  of 
  willows 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  meadow 
  sweet 
  

   with 
  some 
  mountain 
  fly 
  honeysuckle, 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   Canadian 
  blueberry 
  and 
  some 
  choke 
  cherry 
  and 
  choke 
  berry 
  

   bushes 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  shrubs. 
  The 
  prickly 
  blackberry, 
  Ruhus 
  

   setosus, 
  a 
  northern 
  species, 
  is 
  here 
  and 
  the 
  common 
  winter- 
  

   green. 
  Goldenrods 
  were 
  abundant, 
  the 
  Canadian 
  goldenrod 
  

   prevailing 
  and 
  showing 
  marked 
  variations. 
  The 
  willow-leaved 
  

   goldenrod, 
  Solidago 
  uliginosa, 
  which 
  usually 
  grows 
  in 
  swamps 
  

   and 
  wet 
  places, 
  here 
  grows 
  on 
  dry 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  depar- 
  

   ture 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  habitat 
  was 
  also 
  noticed 
  in 
  two 
  grasses, 
  

   the 
  white-grained 
  mountain 
  rice, 
  Oryzopsis 
  asperifolia, 
  and 
  the 
  

   purple 
  wild-oat, 
  Avena 
  striata. 
  These 
  usually 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  

   of 
  trees 
  or 
  in 
  woods, 
  but 
  here 
  both 
  were 
  abundant 
  and 
  growing 
  

   exposed 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  sunlight. 
  The 
  land 
  of 
  this 
  tract 
  is 
  not 
  level 
  

   but 
  rises 
  gradually 
  as 
  it 
  recedes 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

  

  