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ornamental plant and has become naturalized everywhere in the 

 woods and thickets along West Canada creek. Also collected at 

 Herkimer by Dr J. V. Haberer. 



Serapias helleborine Linn. 

 Mohawk river flats near Little Falls. Mrs Loomis Burrell, July 

 23, 1914. Commonly supposed to be an introduced species from 

 Europe, where it is common. In America it is now known from a 

 number of localities in New York State ranging from Little Falls 

 to Rochester. Its appearance in all these localities is that of a 

 native plant and in the absence of any evidence as to its nonindi- 

 genous character should be regarded as a native species. 



Cassia marilandica Linn. 

 Meadows and stream banks, near Newport. H. D. House, July 

 23, 191 4. No. 5686. 



3 MADISON COUNTY 



Geum meyerianum Rydberg 

 (Geum agrimonioides C. Meyer, 1846, not Pursh, 1814) 



Related to Geum canan dense, but the basal leaves and 

 lower stem leaves are pinnatifid and the stem is more hirsute. These 

 characters are sometimes found in Geum hirsutum Muhl., 

 but the petals in G. meyerianum are white and longer than 

 the sepals, while in G . hirsutum they are pale yellow and 

 much shorter. 



Doctor Rydberg reports the species from Fleischmann, Delaware 

 county, and from Orange county, and from Oneida (H. D. House, 

 1903) Madison county, in addition to which there is a specimen in 

 the State herbarium from Troy, collected by E. C. Howe. 



Apargia hispida (Linn.) Willd. 

 Waste grounds near Oneida. H. D. House, June 9, 1914. No. 

 5556. 



Carex abacta Bailey 



(C. rostrata Michx., C. michauxiana Boeckl.) 

 Borders of the sphagnum bog known as " Fiddler's green," Pecks- 

 port. H. D. House, July 27, 1914. No. 5/6r. 



