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from F.H. to the bridge.  There were but a few plants of it, growing
in the moist sand.  It is a beautiful plant with leaves very much
like those of V. [Viola] pedata, the flowers are however deep blue and the
lateral petals are bearded.  Pyrus arbutifolia and its var. melanocarpa
were found everywhere; the latter in <s>the</s> more dwarf and the leaves
and young branches are smooth where as the former is generally tall
6 or more ft. high and the leaves on the under-surface and its cymes
are tomantose.  I find that the variety grows in much dryer places
than the type.

418.
May 4, 1903.  A trip to Back Shores and from there to Brooklyn
collecting for High Schools.  I went to a large field south of Riverside
Park for Buttercups.  After collecting them, I walked along the 
shore to the Garbage Plant and then along the fence around this
place and across the fields to Marshall Av.  Close to the shore
I found a nice plant of Reseda Lutea.  As I was going along
the fence I came to a ditch; just as I was about to cross
it, I saw to my right a large patch of elevated cottony heads.
It did not take me long to get close to them, and I recognized
them as the ripened fruits of Tussilago farfara.  The leaves of this
plant are now visible.  The most conspicuous part of the plant 
        