REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1899 



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Picea mariana {Mill.) B. S. P. 



This is the common spruce in Bonaparte swamp, near Lake Bona- 

 parte. The terminal shoot of the trunk and of the branches is 

 sometimes glabrous, while the lateral shoots are pubescent. The 

 cones are decidedly larger than those of P. brevifolia and dis- 

 tinctly longer than broad. In both species the seeds, at least in part, 

 are sometimes retained in the cones till the next season. 



Cyperus diandrus Torr. 

 Muddy shores of Kinderhook lake. September. A small form. 



Scirpus lacustris condensatus u. var. 



Heads of the panicles sessile or on very short pedicels, forming a 

 dense cluster about 1 inch long and broad. Otherwise as in the 

 common form. Lime Lake. August. F. E. Fenno. 



Scirpus microcarpus Prcsl. 



Squaw island, Niagara river. J. Peter. Mr Fernald has recently 

 described the eastern plant, referred to this species in our botanies, 

 as a new species, which he names S. rubrotinctus. 



Eleocharis acuminatus {Muhl.) Nees 

 Grand island, Niagara river. June. J. Peter. 



Carex pauciflora Light/. 



Specimens with culms 12 to 20 inches tall were found in wet places 

 on Kasoag marsh. It is usually much smaller. 



Sporobolus longifolius {Torr.) Wood 



Streets of Rosendale. September. This is not a common grass 

 in the eastern part of our state, but it may be easily recognized by 

 the long, narrow, involute leaves which overtop the panicle and often 

 partly conceal it in their sheathing bases. 



Agrostis hyemalis ( Walt.) B. S. P. 



A tall, stout form, with widely spreading or nearly horizontal 

 branches of the panicle, occurs about Minnewaska. Its appearance 

 is very unlike that of the usual form of the species. 



