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one genera and 148 species. These latter include twenty-seven 
Asters and nineteen Golden-rods. Grasses—forty-three genera and 
115 species, including nineteen Panicums. Cyperacee or sedges— 
ten genera and eighty-one species, including forty-three Carex. 
Leguminose—twenty-one genera and fifty-four species. Labiatæ— 
twenty-five genera and forty-eight species. Rosaceee—thirteen 
nera and forty-seven species. Caryophyllese—fifteen genera and 
thirty-eight species. Scrophularinese—thirteen genera and thirty- 
two species. Ericacee—fifteen genera and thirty-one species, 
including eleven which are picked under the common name of 
“Huckleberry.” Cruciferee—fourteen genera and thirty-one 
species. Ranunculaceæ —thirteen genera and thirty-one species. 
Polygonacee—three genera and twenty-seven species, including 
nineteen Polygonums. Lilacese—sixteen genera and twenty.five 
species. Orchidacee—twelve genera and twenty-four species. 
Umbelliferse—seventeen genera and twenty-two species. In the 
erns we have thirteen genera and twenty-eight species. There 
are twelve Violets, twelve Oaks, eleven Willows, five Hickories 
and four Pines. Amongst the large number of plants worthy of 
particular mention is the Clematis ochroleuca Ait., of which an account 
was given in the proceedings for June 11th, 1887. The “ Crane-fly 
Orchis,” (Tipularia discolor Nutt.), although accounted a very scarce 
plant, is abundant throughout nearly all our deep wet woods. 
Almost without exception all the most troublesome weeds have been 
introduced, such as the “Pig weeds,” “ Wormseeds,” “ Amaranths,” 
“ Crab ” “ Wild Carrot,” “ Ox eye Daisy,” etc. Some of the 
worst weeds have spread so rapidly in recent years that although 
they are already pests yet no common name has been invented for 
m. For instance, I can well remember when the first few plants 
of Galinsoga parviflora Cav., made their appearance in this region. 
It is now to be found nearly everywhere at this end of the Island 
and is spreading with amazing rapidity. “Trailing arbutus” has 
almost become a thing of the past, although a few patches still 
exist, which have not yet been destroyed by “arbutus parties.” 
General memoranda upon our flora will be found in the proceedings 
for June 13th, 1885, and an account of our forest growth and the 
few large trees yet remaining, in the proceedings for February 12th 
and March 12th, 1887. Memoranda have been accumulating since 
the fourth appendix to the flora was issued, which will probably 
necessitate a fifth appendix at the end of the present season, so 
it will be seen that the work of the botanical collector on Staten 
_ Island is not by any means completed, especially when it is remem- 
_ bered that most of the lower orders of eryptogams have hardly 
been touched. The Diatoms are, however, being catalogued by Mr. 
E. A. Schultze, and a list of the sea weeds by Mr. Nicholas Pike, | 
_ 1s ready for the printer, while a good preliminary list of the mosses 
