1894-] PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. 5 



on the mosses of this region, and it is hoped that the results of his 

 labors upon these interesting plants will be given to the Academy 

 for publication. 



Mr. Joseph B. Fuller, Curator in Botany to the Academy, is 

 doing excellent work on our herbarium, to which he has generously 

 added his own large collection. His extended list of plants, the 

 result of many years' collecting, particularly along the banks of the 

 Genesee river, added largely to our list of species. 



Mr. Charles W. Seelye, a fine general botanist, has of late 

 confined his attention mostly to ferns. A list, with notes, of those 

 indigenous to the vicinity of Rochester was furnished by him to the 

 Academy in 1891,* which is the basis of our present list. 



Mr. George T. Fish, who has collected more around Sodus bay 

 than any other of our local botanists, and who shares the honors of 

 that locality with Mr. Hankenson, kindly lent to the compilers his 

 valuable list, revised from his herbarium. 



Dr. Anna H. Searing has made a special study of the plants 

 growing in the vicinity of Long Pond.f Her list has aided greatly, 

 especially in the Carices. 



Mr. M. S. Baxter has extended our list by adding several plants 

 never before reported in this region. Among these are Arceuthobiu?n 

 pusillum and Epipactis Hellebortne. He has also given many addi- 

 tional localities for rare plants. 



Professor W. H. Lennon, of the Brockport Normal School, has 

 reported a number of plants not observed by others. To him and Mr. 

 Baxter are due the credit of explorations in the western part of 

 Monroe county, particularly near Adams Basin, and also near Holley, 

 in Orleans county. Many rare plants have been reported by them 

 from these localities. 



Miss Lucy Weld, of Lyndonville, has furnished a partial list of 

 the plants of Orleans county. 



To Mr. E. L. Hankenson, of Newark, a Corresponding Member 

 of the Academy, we are indebted not only for his extensive and valu- 

 able list of Wayne county plants, but also for generous donations of 

 specimens, representing the flora of other parts of our country, as 

 well as that of our own immediate neighborhood. Where mention is 

 made of Wayne county it will be understood that Mr. Hankenson is 

 the authority, unless otherwise noted. 



*Proc. Roch. Acad. Science, Vol. I. pp. 186-197, 1891. 

 tSee Proc. Roch. Acad. Science, Vol. II, pp. 297-300, 1895. 



