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while others have not been recorded, although of considerably 
For several years specimens of a peculiar Ranunculus were 
collected in the Clove Lake Swamp. They were classed under 
the species fascicularis, the common Early Buttercup, al- 
though plainly not identical with it. The most remarkable 
characteristic of all the plants was a tendency to fasciation 
which showed itself year after year, and may be seen in all the 
specimens collected. The species has lately been determined 
to be Ranunculus septentrionalis, Poir. Thus far it has not 
been found in any other locality on the Island. 
In studying the herbarium of the late Wm. H. Leggett 
many plants were noted as having been collected on Staten 
Island. Amongst the most interesting were several specimens 
of Lechea racemulosa. Lam, from Tottenville, mixed with and 
included under the name of L. thymlfolia, Michx. 
Trifolium hybridum, L., supposed to be a hybrid between the 
Red and White Clovers, is becoming more common, and may 
be now found along many of the streets of New Brighton, and 
also on the filled-in ground at St. George. 
A species of Honeysuckle was admitted into the last appen- 
dix under the name of Lonicera ciliata, Muhl. A single bush 
in flower was found in some cedar woods just north of Garret- 
sons. It was undoubtedly native where found. Since then, 
Mr. Wm. T, Davis has discovered the plant, in fruit, in a simi- 
lar situation at New Brighton. With the material now in our 
possession we are enabled to determine it to be L. xylosteum, 
L , the European Fly Honeysuckle, which has. somehow be- 
come established and thoroughly naturalized here, probably 
through the agency of birds. 
On May 30, 1888, a single plant of Cynoglossum officinale, 
L., was found in a field near Richmond. The only other time 
that this plant was reported from the Island was in 1880, when 
a single specimen was found near Concord. 
Aviarantus hyhridus, L., in every stage of hybridization be- 
tween the green Pigweed and the red Prince's Feather is 
common along the streets and in waste places in New 
Brighton. 
Thus far I have failed to find a Butternut tree growing here 
independent of cultivation, but in the Trans. N. Y. State Agri. 
Soc, for 1843, there is a list of the trees common on Staten 
Island, by Dr. Samuel Ackerly, and this tree is included m 
the list, under the name of Juglans cathartica, Michx. It 
