﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist. 
  157 
  

  

  Rhododendron 
  maximum 
  L. 
  

   This 
  showy 
  shrub 
  grows 
  in 
  great 
  profusion 
  about 
  Barryville 
  

   and 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  in 
  Sullivan 
  county. 
  The 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  yellow, 
  reddish 
  or 
  orange, 
  but 
  

   in 
  the 
  Sullivan 
  county 
  plants 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  constantly 
  

   green. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  designated 
  form 
  viridimaculatum. 
  

  

  Lysimachia 
  nummularia 
  L. 
  

  

  Fear 
  Brewerton, 
  Onondaga 
  county, 
  the 
  moneywort 
  has 
  become 
  

   so 
  well 
  established 
  that 
  it 
  forms 
  extensive 
  carpets 
  over 
  the 
  

   ground 
  and 
  extends 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  in 
  the 
  damp 
  

   woods 
  that 
  skirt 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  

  

  Lysimachia 
  quadrifolia 
  L. 
  

  

  At 
  Highland 
  lake 
  a 
  form 
  occurs 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  petals 
  are 
  tipped 
  

   or 
  margined 
  with 
  orange. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  commonly 
  in 
  whorls 
  

   of 
  five 
  or 
  six. 
  I 
  have 
  labeled 
  it 
  variety 
  variegata, 
  though 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  form, 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  variety. 
  

  

  Lysimachia 
  stricta 
  Ait. 
  

  

  This 
  loosestrife 
  is 
  very 
  variable. 
  In 
  a 
  small 
  swale 
  near 
  

   Narrowsburg 
  five 
  forms 
  or 
  varieties 
  of 
  it 
  were 
  collected. 
  The 
  

   typical 
  form 
  has 
  the 
  leaves 
  lanceolate, 
  opposite 
  and 
  acute 
  at 
  both 
  

   ends 
  and 
  a 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  closely 
  flowered 
  raceme 
  with 
  minute 
  

   subulate 
  inconspicuous 
  bracts. 
  Two 
  varieties 
  have 
  been 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  ; 
  one, 
  var. 
  producta, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  long 
  loose 
  raceme 
  with 
  

   conspicuous 
  f 
  oliaceous 
  bracts 
  ; 
  the 
  other, 
  var. 
  angustifolia, 
  which 
  

   has 
  the 
  leaves 
  narrowly 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  linear 
  and 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   lines 
  broad, 
  the 
  raceme 
  being 
  rather 
  few 
  flowered. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  locality 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  the 
  variety 
  pro- 
  

   ducta, 
  a 
  form 
  near 
  var. 
  angustifolia 
  and 
  a 
  ternately 
  leaved 
  form 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  were 
  found 
  growing 
  together 
  and 
  apparently 
  

   under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions. 
  What 
  should 
  cause 
  these 
  variations 
  % 
  

  

  The 
  narrow 
  leaved 
  form 
  differs 
  from 
  variety 
  angustifolia 
  in 
  

   having 
  the 
  leaves 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  lines 
  broad, 
  instead 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   lines, 
  and 
  the 
  raceme 
  with 
  numerous 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   intermediate 
  between 
  variety 
  angustifolia 
  and 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  

   I 
  call 
  it 
  form 
  intermedia. 
  

  

  