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Sphaerella Cypripedii n. sp. 
Spots large, 4 to 10 lines broad and long, brown reddish brown or 
grayish, sometimes with a darker border; perithecia minute, numer¬ 
ous, amphigenous, at first covered, then erumpent, punctiform, 
shining, black; asci subcylindric, .002 to .0024 in. long; spores 
crowded, oblong-fusiform, obscurely uniseptate, quadrinucleate, 
hyaline, .0006 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 
Living leaves of some exotic species of Cypripedium. Bay Ridge, 
Kings county. October. Stewart. 
The spots usually occur at or near the apical extremity of the leaf. 
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REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS 
Brassica arvensis (L.) B. S. P. 
The form introduced and naturalized in this country is described 
as having glabrous pods. Nevertheless a form having the pods 
hispid with stiff hairs pointing downward was collected in a vacant 
lot in Albany. 
Roripa sylvestris ( L .) Bess. 
Banks of the Wallkill at New Paltz. May. The yellow cress or 
creeping yellow water-cress is an introduced plant, but it appears to 
be well established in this locality. It is Nasturtium sylvestre in the 
Manual. 
Viola striata Ait. 
Near Syracuse. Mrs Goodrich. The striped violet is not found 
in the eastern part of the state though its occurrence in the western 
part of New England has been recorded. 
Viola primulaefolia L. 
The primrose-leaved violet is rare with us. It occurs at Lake 
Minnewaska. 1 ; 
Acer Negundo L. 
The box elder or ash-leaved maple has been reported as occurring 
in a swamp about seven miles west of Salamanca and near Red 
House Station. 
