REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1899 



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SPECIES NOT BEFORE REPORTED 



Edible fungi are reported in Museum memoir 4, Report of the state botanist on 



edible f ungi 1 895-99 



Anemone riparia Fernald 



Rocky places. Sullivan and Washington counties. July. This 

 plant has been regarded as a variety of Anemone virginianaL. 

 and was reported as Anemone virginiana alba Wood. 

 Mr Fernald, after a careful study of many specimens, has reached 

 the conclusion that it is a good species and has described it under 

 the name here given. Its white flowers and its fruit heads furnish 

 distinguishing characters. The latter are intermediate in size 

 between those of A. v i r g i n i a n a L. and A. cylindrica Gray. 



Viola arenaria DC. 



Light sandy soil. North Elba. June. The species is closely 

 allied to V. labradorica Schrank, from which it maybe sepa- 

 rated by its minute puberulence and by its comparatively longer and 

 more tapering flower spur. 



Potentilla pumila Poir. 

 Poor soil in pastures and by roadsides. Albany county. May. 



Fragaria americana {Porter) Britton 

 Thin woods. Harrisville, Lewis co. Fruit ripe in July. 



Aster nobilis Burgess 



Rocky places by roadside. Sandlake, Rensselaer co. August. 

 A fine, large species with very large basal leaves. It is allied to A. 

 macrophyllus. 



Aster concinnus Willd. 



Hillsides near Whitehall. September. Closely related to 

 A. laevis L., from which it may be separated by its more narrow, 

 lanceolate or linear leaves. The lower ones are sometimes greatly 

 elongated and occasionally have a few large, spreading teeth on their 

 margin. 



