REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1899 



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The specimens found were too old to show the interior color of the 

 young plant and not old enough to show the manner in which the perid- 

 ium ruptures. The general color of the peridium is Vandyke brown, 

 and the scales are so minute that at first sight it appears to be smooth. 

 On close inspection it is seen to be abundantly dotted with minute 

 flattened scales, which are so loosely attached that they are apt to 

 fall away, each one leaving a small pale spot or dot on the peridium 

 similar to those left by the falling of the warts from the peridium of 

 Lycoperdon gemmatum. S. verrucosum is said to be 

 very variable in size and color and in the degree of roughness of the 

 exterior. Its warts are described as persistent and adnate. Authors 

 do not agree in their description of the spores, one describing them 

 as minute and another saying that they are larger than those of any 

 other species of this genus. But in no description do I find any 

 reference to the deciduous character of the scales and the conse- 

 quent dotting of the surface of the peridium which is shown by our 

 specimens. For this reason it has seemed best to separate our plant 

 as a variety worthy of recognition. Possibly a more complete 

 knowledge of it may show it to be worthy even of specific distinction. 



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REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Aconitum noveboracense Gray 



A newly discovered station for this rare plant is in a deep gorge in 

 the Catskill mountains. The plants were found growing by the side 

 of the road leading from West Shokan to Bullrun. 



Sisymbrium altissimum L. 



Along the railroad near Harrisville. It has evidently been recently 

 introduced in this station. The plants are small and apparently do 

 not thrive in this locality. 



Viola communis Pollard 

 An unusually hairy form is plentiful in grassy places at Menands. 



Drosera intermedia Hayne 



It seems strange that the descriptions of this species in our recent 

 botanies take no notice of one of the striking peculiarities of the 



