﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist. 
  ] 
  53 
  

  

  (D.) 
  

  

  KEMAKKS 
  AND 
  OBSERVATIONS. 
  

  

  Anemone 
  Virginiana 
  L. 
  var. 
  alba 
  Wood. 
  

  

  This 
  variety 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  hilly 
  parts 
  of 
  Sullivan 
  county, 
  

  

  where 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  prevailing 
  form. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  forms 
  patches 
  of 
  

  

  considerable 
  extent. 
  It 
  does 
  not, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  mingle 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  disposed 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  good 
  variety. 
  

  

  Ranunculus 
  circinatus 
  Sibth. 
  

   Fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  water 
  crowfoot 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   Cayuga 
  lake. 
  The 
  peduncles 
  become 
  deflexed 
  or 
  curved 
  down- 
  

   wards 
  in 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Silene 
  stellata 
  Ait. 
  

   A 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  occurs 
  near 
  N 
  arrowsburg, 
  Sullivan 
  

   county, 
  in 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  leaves, 
  or 
  all 
  except 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  

   whorl, 
  are 
  opposite. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   uppermost 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  ones 
  opposite, 
  but 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  

   apparently 
  rare. 
  Another 
  form 
  has 
  the 
  leaves 
  beautifully 
  

   crisped 
  or 
  undulate 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  

  

  Prunus 
  Americana 
  Marsh. 
  

   The 
  flowers 
  of 
  this 
  native 
  plum 
  are 
  usually 
  white. 
  A 
  form 
  

   occurs 
  near 
  Meadowdaie, 
  Albany 
  county, 
  and 
  near 
  Westport, 
  

   Essex 
  county, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  rosy 
  hue 
  of 
  peach 
  blos- 
  

   soms. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  variety 
  rosea. 
  

  

  Rubus 
  Canadensis 
  L. 
  

  

  This 
  lotv 
  blackberry 
  or 
  dewberry 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  adapting 
  itself 
  

   to 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  soils 
  and 
  circumstances. 
  These 
  sometimes 
  

   affect 
  its 
  mode 
  of 
  growth. 
  Plants 
  were 
  found 
  growing 
  among 
  

   bushes 
  in 
  low 
  swampy 
  ground 
  near 
  Pine 
  Plains, 
  Dutchess 
  

   county, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  *• 
  tern 
  was 
  quite 
  as 
  erect 
  as 
  in 
  Rubus 
  villosus. 
  I 
  

   have 
  indicated 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  report 
  that 
  whenever, 
  through 
  poverty 
  

   of 
  soil 
  or 
  for 
  other 
  reasons 
  the 
  prickly 
  stemmed 
  species 
  of 
  

   Rubus 
  are 
  unable 
  to 
  develop 
  fully 
  or 
  grow 
  freely 
  this 
  starved 
  

   condition 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  prickles. 
  The 
  same 
  

   thing 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  an 
  attack 
  of 
  rasp- 
  

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