REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 
95 
botanists is to recognize their specific rank. They are, therefore, 
now reported as valid species. The radical or basal leaves furnish the 
most available characters for the separation of the four species for¬ 
merly lumped together under one name. The distinguishing fea¬ 
tures may be tabulated as follows: 
Radical leaves cordate. S. aureus. 
Radical leaves not cordate. I 
i Radical leaves round, obovate or spatulate, taper¬ 
ing below into a somewhat flattened or mar¬ 
gined and commonly glabrous petiole. S. obovatus. 
i Radical leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, cre- 
nately toothed, tapering below into a slender 
more or less hairy or tomentose petiole. S. Balsamitae. 
I. Radical leaves oblong or lanceolate, sharply ser¬ 
rate, almost truncate at the base or abruptly 
narrowed into the glabrous petiole. S. Robbinsii. 
Senecio Balsamitae Muhl. 
Rocky places or thin soil covering rocks. Brownsville, Jefferson 
county, and Whitehall, Washington county. June. 
In the Forty-seventh Report, page 16, this plant was confused 
with Robbinsii and subjoined to it as variety subtomentosa. It is 
clearly distinct. 
Lysimachia vulgaris Z. 
The common loosestrife was doubtless introduced into this country 
as an ornamental garden plant, but it sometimes escapes from culti¬ 
vation and is found growing freely in waste places and by roadsides. 
Cedarville, Herkimer county. June. 
Symphytum asperrimum Sims. 
Roadsides. Chili, Monroe county. Mrs. I. H. McGuire. Com¬ 
municated by /. B. Fuller. 
This has been introduced and cultivated as a fodder plant, but like 
many others it is disposed to run wild. 
Fissidens incurvus Schwcegr. 
Rocks in damp places. Trout lake, St. Lawrence county. Octo¬ 
ber. Mrs. E. C. Anthony. 
