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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Specimens of plants have been contributed by 43 contributors. 
Many of their contributions represent species not yet found within 
the limits of our State. Some of these, though sent for identifica¬ 
tion merely, have been found to be new or undescribed species and 
will be carefully preserved as the types of the species represented by 
them. 
A list of the contributors and of their respective contributions is 
marked B. 
A record of species new to our flora, giving locality, time of collect¬ 
ing and other matters of interest concerning them; also in case of 
new species giving descriptions of them, has been made. A few 
plants previously reported and regarded as mere varieties of other 
reported species have now been either raised or restored to the rank 
of distinct species and included in this record. It is marked C. 
According to previous custom, a record of observations upon cer¬ 
tain species already reported has been made. This will be found to 
contain various matters of interest concerning those plants, such as 
new stations for rare species, an extension of previously known geo¬ 
graphical range, unusual habitats, noticeable variations and descrip¬ 
tions of new varieties. It is marked D. 
In some of the preceding reports a collation in systematic order 
has been made of all the known New York species belonging to some 
particular genus, and full descriptions of the species, generally sup¬ 
plemented by additional remarks on their peculiarities, relations and 
distinctive features, have been given. This work was begun with the 
purpose of gradually bringing together material for a descriptive 
manual of all our agarics. These little monographs have been well 
received and have been a source of much aid to students of our Ameri¬ 
can mycology. They have been so highly appreciated in some 
instances that special requests have been received for the reports con- 
