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themselves agree. The specimen represents a Devonic type that 

 was ancestral to the Carbonic groups, Bothrodendreae, Lepidoden- 

 dreae, and Sigillariae, mentioned above. Though combining and 

 foreshadowing some of the distinctive characters of the later groups, 

 it differs generically from all by the combination of these features, 

 by the angle of the leaf spirals (phyllotaxy) and the details of the 

 leaf scar itself. 



Locality. Mouth of Grimes gully, 2 miles west of Naples, N. Y. 



Formation. Hatch shale. 



Stage. Upper Portage. 



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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



The State Botanist reports that the number of species of plants 

 added to the flora of the State is 67. The number of species of 

 which specimens have been added to the State herbarium is 155. 

 Of these, 59 are species new to the herbarium, 95 not new. Of 

 the former number 19 are considered new or undescribed species 

 and descriptions of these will be found in his separate annual report. 

 A list of the names of the added species is given under the title 

 '' Species added to the herbarium/' 



Though the season for the most part has been unfavorable to the 

 development of fleshy fungi the investigation and collection of 

 specimens of these interesting plants have been continued and 38 

 species of fungi have been added to our mycological flora. Of 

 these 16 are new species. There have been added also i new species 

 of panic grass and 2 new species of Crataegus or thorn bushes. 



The trial of the edible quality of species of wild mushrooms 

 has been continued as opportunity was found and has resulted in 

 finding 11 species deemed worthy of addition to the list of edible 

 fungi. This raises the list of New York edible species of mush- 

 rooms to 183. Of the II added species, 9 have been illustrated 

 by colored figures of natural size on 6 octavo plates. Figures of 

 the 2 remaining species, Russula earlei Pk. and Boletus 

 r u g o s i c e p s Pk. have already been given ; the former in 

 Bulletin 67, plate N, figures 5-10, the latter in Bulletin 94, plate 

 O, figures 6-10. 



The collection of specimens of species of Crataegus has been 

 continued. Specimens have been procured in the northern, eastern, 



