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it is recorded as having been found on the Pine plains of Schenectady 

 but in my numerous botanizing trips in this region it was not found 

 till this year. It appears to have recently become established in 

 the Karner locality, as it was found in a place frequently visited 

 before. The plants were few and were growing among low shrubs 

 in a rather dry place. The flowers are very beautiful. 



Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Torr. 

 Low moist ground. East Schaghticoke. August. Rare. 



Botrychium obliquum Muhl. 

 This grape fern is common in Oneida county, and is as variable 

 as it is common. Dr Haberer has collected numerous specimens 

 of it in the vicinity of Utica and has contributed to the herbarium 

 a fine series of specimens representing all of our published varieties 

 of it. 



Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. 

 This small chantarelle was found in abundance near Port Jef- 

 ferson in August. In one station several forms of it were growing 

 in close proximity. In one form the whole plant had the usual 

 cinnabar red color, but in some of the plants the stem was hollow. 

 In another form the color of the pileus and stem was red as usual, 

 but the lamellae were yellow. In a third form the cap was pale 

 pink as if its normal color had faded. A fourth had pale pink 

 lamellae and the margin of the pileus was strongly curved upward, 

 making the pileus appear narrow and giving the whole plant a 

 club shape. In a fifth form the whole plant was yellow. In all 

 except the first the stem, so far as investigated, was hollow. But 

 the most remarkable thing in the variations is the difference in the 

 color of the spores. We are disposed to consider the color of the 

 spores in any given species as one of its most constant and reliable 

 characters. But in this case the plants with red or pink lamellae had 

 spores that appeared pink in the mass, those with yellow lamellae 

 shed yellow spores. Yet the spores were alike in size and shape, 

 and we are obliged to conclude that all these forms belong to one 

 species. 



Carex castanea Wahl. 



This rare sedge was credited to Essex county in the Flora of the 

 State of New York, on the authority of Dr Kneiskern. In my own 

 explorations in the county I had never met with it till the past 

 season. It was found growing sparingly near Minerva. It is an 

 early flowering species. It is Carex flexilis Rudge. 



