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The following plants, which arc either maritime or principally affect 

 the sea coast, have, since the last Report, been found in the interior of 

 the State: 



1. Orontium aquaticum, L. " Borders of a pond in Gilbertsville, Otsego 



county, H. Lathrop in herb." Paine's Catalogue. 



2. Eleocharis olivacea. Torr. Paine's Catalogue. 



3. Calamagrostis arenaria, Roth. Paine's Catalogue. 



4. Spartina striata, var. alternifiora, Gray. Paine's Catalogue. 



The following list contains new stations of rare plants, or remarkable 

 stations of common ones, and some corrections of reputed stations, and 

 notable observations touching some of our plants: 



1. -Ranunculus reptans, L. On western edge of Strawberry Island, in 

 the Niagara river, and off the Little Bay of that Island, in water 

 from one to two feet deep. 



2. Adlumia cirrhosa, Raf. Akron, Erie county, 1864: D. F. Day and 



G. W. C. 



3. Nuphar kalmiana, Pursh. Williams's Bridge, on the Harlem river, 



1865. T. F. Allen. 



4. Dicentra eximia, D.C. On recurring to my correspondence with 



David Thomas, in 1829, I find that he had not, as I supposed, 

 then found this plant native in Cayuga county. Prof. Pickett 

 kindly communicated to me a letter of my dear friend, Dr. Sart- 

 well, dated June 23, 1865, in which he writes: "As to Dicen- 

 tra eximia, I know not where it can be found. About twenty 

 years ago, I found it in Wayne county, not far from Lyons; and 

 David Thomas found it in Scipio, Cayuga county, about the 

 same time, or before. I doubt whether it can be had, at this 

 time, unless some one has it in his garden. I have no duplicate 

 specimen." 



5. Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. New- York Island, 1865. W. W. Denslow 



6. Vicia cracca, L. Hanover, Chautauqua county, 1865: D. F. Day. Mr. 



Day informs me that it had taken possession of a farm in that 

 town, and, being regarded as a weed, the farm had depreciated 

 in value. 



•'T. Gymnocladus canadensis, Lam. The Hon. Henry B. Lord, of Lud- 

 lowville, Tompkins county, wrote to me, on the 15th of July 

 1865: " Too late for flowering specimens. I know of but one 

 tree in this town, and two smaller growing near it, which I 

 should take to be seedlings, only the flowers on the oldest tree 

 are staminate. These trees are, apparently, spontaneous, 

 growing outside of any enclosure, near the (Cayuga) Lake. 

 They have been regarded with great curiosity by the people, no 

 one knowing what to cali them. The prevalent impression was 

 that they were mahogany trees, and I have frequently had them 

 pointed out to me as such; and, sometimes, the very interesting 



