REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I913 35 



Carex suberecta Britton 

 Sandy exsiccated swamp, Whitestown. Dr J. V. Haberer, August 

 22, 1912. No, 3/60. 



Centaurea maculosa Lam. 

 Abundant along roadsides, eastern part of the town of New- 

 Hartford, 5 miles south of Utica. Dr J. V. Haberer, September 16, 

 1912. No. 3757. A native of Europe and apparently well estab- 

 lished in many places. (See Annual Report of State Botanist 191 1, 

 page 23.) 



Dryopteris simulata Davenport 

 Sylvan Beach. H. D. House. Nos. 118 3 (1905) and 5259 (1913). 

 This rare fern was first reported from central New York in the 

 Fern Bulletin and in Torreya several years ago and seems not to 

 have been discovered in any other central New York locality since 

 then. At Sylvan Beach the fern grows in low, moist thickets of 

 hardwoods in sandy soil overlaid by a thin black humus. Its com- 

 panion species are Dryopteris noveboracensis, D. 

 thelypteris, Osmunda cinnamonea, Vaccinium 

 atrococcum, Cornus stolonifera, Acer rubrum, 

 Betula populifolia, Alnus rugosa, etc. The only 

 other New York localities are Long Island (G. D. Hulst) and 

 Staten Island (P. H. Dowell). 



Galium verum Linn. 



The European yellow bedstraw seems to be common and well 

 established in fields south of Utica. Dr J. V. Haberer, July 5, 1912. 

 No. 3629. 



Hypericum ascyron Linn. 



Alluvial clay banks of the Mohawk river near Marcy and Whites- 

 town. Dr J. V. Haberer, August 2, 1912. No. 145. 



Lychnis alba Mill. 



Common in thickets on sand hills and meadows, Whitestown. 

 Dr J. V. Haberer, July 2, 19 12. No. 3574. 



Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br. 



Meadows, fields and along railroads near Utica. Dr J. V. Haberer, 

 May 25, 1912. No. 2596. A recent introduction and becoming 

 very common. 



