﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Stats 
  Botanist. 
  161 
  

  

  Microstylis 
  monophyllos 
  Lindl. 
  

   Up 
  to 
  this 
  time, 
  fruiting 
  specimens 
  only 
  have 
  represented 
  

   this 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  delicate 
  little 
  orchidaceous 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   Herbarium. 
  Two 
  flowering 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  June 
  near 
  

   Taberg. 
  

  

  Clintonia 
  borealis 
  Raf. 
  

  

  Form 
  lateralis. 
  Like 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  except 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  

   lateral 
  umbel 
  or 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  scape. 
  These 
  lateral 
  

   umbels 
  consist 
  of 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  flowers 
  and 
  are 
  usually 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   inches 
  apart. 
  Commonly 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  to 
  three 
  inches 
  below 
  the 
  terminal 
  one. 
  When 
  there 
  are 
  

   two 
  the 
  lower 
  one 
  has 
  fewer 
  flowers 
  than 
  the 
  upper, 
  and 
  this 
  

   always 
  has 
  fewer 
  than 
  the 
  terminal 
  one. 
  In 
  one 
  specimen 
  there 
  

   are 
  seven 
  terminal 
  flowers 
  and 
  five 
  in 
  the 
  lateral 
  umbel 
  below 
  

   them. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  deem 
  this 
  a 
  variety, 
  but 
  a 
  mere 
  form 
  which 
  grows 
  

   intermingled 
  with 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  it 
  in 
  

   several 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  rare, 
  and 
  

   also 
  near 
  Cooperstown 
  Junction. 
  It 
  seems 
  singular 
  that 
  such 
  

   an 
  interesting 
  form 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  noticed 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  

   botanies. 
  It 
  was 
  first 
  recorded 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  Fortieth 
  Report, 
  p. 
  73. 
  

  

  Juncus 
  militaris 
  Bigel. 
  

   Highland 
  lake. 
  July 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  plentiful 
  along 
  the 
  

   shore 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  between 
  Myers 
  House 
  and 
  Sand 
  beach. 
  The 
  

   descriptive 
  character, 
  "rather 
  contracted 
  panicle," 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Manual, 
  does 
  not 
  apply 
  well 
  to 
  these 
  plants, 
  for 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  

   panicle 
  large 
  and 
  loose. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  about 
  four 
  inches 
  long 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad. 
  In 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  rather 
  

   abruptly 
  bent 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  

   leaf 
  and 
  the 
  panicle, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  bract-like 
  sheath- 
  

   ing 
  base 
  of 
  an 
  abortive 
  upper 
  leaf. 
  Probably 
  this 
  abrupt 
  flexure 
  

   has 
  suggested 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  " 
  bayonet 
  rush," 
  which 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  plant, 
  and 
  perhaps, 
  also, 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  

   "militaris." 
  Nevertheless 
  no 
  notice 
  is 
  taken 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  noticea- 
  

   ble 
  character 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Manual. 
  

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