PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 183 



To R. flammula, p. 55, the station : 



Abundant on a long peninsula running out into Sodus bay. just inside the 

 point, covering low sandy banks in thick patches, with Eleockaris olivacea 

 and Scirpus paucijlorus, in a grove of Populus monilifera. The small form : 

 stems and carpels often downy. 



To Magnolia acuminata, p. 57, the range : 



Occasional throughout Cayuga, "Wayne and Mouroe counties; most frequent- 

 ly along streams or near the shores of lakes, but sometimes in high forests. 



To Nelumbium luteum, p. 58 : 



More particularly the station of this noble plant at Sodus bay is near the 

 head on the east side, above and below the ruins of an old bridge, extending 

 down across the present ferry and on towards the wharf, covering an acre or 

 more. 



Host of it is near the marshy shore in shallow water, with leaves, flowers 

 and fruit elevated above the surface by high rigid petioles and peduncles. 

 The leaves have a peculiar velvety surface that cannot be made wet, on 

 which, at moruing, the dewdrops glisten brighter than gems in the sun, and 

 present a most beautiful sight. The flowers are immense, nearly white, and 

 are truly splendid. So indeed they are regarded by the numbers who go from 

 far and near to gather them all summer. Yet the plants seem to be not only 

 flourishing, but on the increase, spreading along the shore in both directions 

 by its huge tuberous roots. July- September. 



To Brasenia peltata, the range : 



Frequent in the ponds and marshes bordering Lake Ontario, from north of 

 Oswego, southward and westward. 



After Nymph^a odorata, the variety and species : 



The remark u sometimes in mud. with erect leaves and flowers", '''Cedar 

 lake and Hidden lake", refers to 



var. minor, Sims. Smaller Fragrant Nymphcza. 



N. minor : foliis cordatis integer rim is, subtus nervis venisque promi- 

 nentibus, pedunculis petiolisque pilosiusculis, stigmate 16 — 20-radiato. 



Rhizoma horizontale, repens, oblongum. Petioli teretes, pilosi. Folia 

 glabra, superne intense viridia, subtus purpurea, cordata, obtusissima, au- 

 riculis magis divaricatis et acuminatis quam in N. odorata. Pedunculi pilosi. 

 Flores minores quam N. odoratce, extus rosei in planta spontanea ex cl. 

 Purshio, aibi in individuis cultis ex radicibus ab ipso Purshio in Angliam 

 adsportatis. Cl. hortulanus Anderson qui plurimas Nymphasaceas diu et 

 feliciter coluit hanc speciem ab odorata distinctam pronunciavit, et ipse 

 Purshius ab hac opinione non recedit : DeCandolle Systema. 



Plant small in all its parts. Leaves cordate, ovate, three to four inches 

 in diameter, a little longer than broad, smooth both sides, green above, 

 deep red-purple beneath, with prominent radiating veins, seven of which 

 are basal and five from the midrib on each side; lobes approximate, fre-. 

 quently overlapping, rounded or often ending in a short point. Flowers 

 diminutive and delicate, from one to two inches in length ; sepals brown ; 

 petals white, or sometimes the outer tinged with pink externally, very 

 fragrant, with the odor of honey. Ovary spherical, filled with light-colored 

 loosely-arilled seeds. Upper part of the peduncles and petioles villose or 

 thick downy, and more or less pubescent below. Stipules red, longer than 

 broad, ovate, lacerate at end, thick-membranous with scarious margins. 

 Rhizoma slender, three-fourths of an inch in diameter, covered with very 

 fine dense hairy pubescence ; branching frequently, of a dingy-pink color. 



The Water-lily of Otsego, south Herkimer and Madison counties. On 

 Hidden lake it inhabits shallow mossy pools, lifting its flowers and leaves 

 above water by peduncles not more than a foot in length; but in deep water, 

 its habit is the same with the typical plant, 



