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Polygonum lapathifolium L. 



Abundant and variable along the shore of Kinderhook lake. The 

 racemes are slender or stout, erect or slightly nodding, whitish or 

 pinkish red. In one form the leaf has a dark blotch in the center. 



Polygonum careyi Olney 



This species is said to grow in marshes, but tall, thrifty specimens 

 were found near Minnewaska growing in dry ground by the road- 

 side. September. 



Polygonum cilinode breve Pk. 



This variety, which has been collected in two localities in the 

 Adirondacks, was found in August in the Catskill mountains near 

 Denning, growing with the common form and apparently passing 

 into it. 



Euphorbia peplus L. 



Introduced and growing spontaneously at Oneonta. Rev. R. L. 

 Welch. 



Chenopodium glaucum L. 



Found growing in hard, gravelly soil at Menands. 



Chenopodium anthelminticum L. 



A peculiar form, having the inflorescence more conspicuously 

 bracted than usual, was found at Syracuse by Mrs L. L. Goodrich. 



Atriplex hastata L. 



Abundant in some places on the marshes near Savannah. 



Populus tremuloides Mx. 



Young, thrifty shoots or suckers of this tree and of P. grandi- 

 d e n t a t a vary much in their foliage, which differs so decidedly 

 from the leaves of older trees of the same species that it some- 

 times is a source of much perplexity to young and inexperienced 

 botanists. The botanical descriptions of the manual fail to notice 

 this difference, and the young botanist is apt to think that these 

 young shoots belong to some species not described in our botanies. 

 The leaves are much larger than tftose of older trees, the serratures 

 of the margin vary, and the lower surface is covered by a dense, 

 persistent tomentum. 



