Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

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Report of the State Botanist.
Polygala sanguinea L.
Alcove. September. A late flowering form springing up in
meadows and having the flowers wholly bright-purple. The
common form on Long Island, which was in blossom in July, has
the flowers greenish-purple.
Adams. June.
Vicia sativa L. var. angustifolia Ser.
Vicia tetrasperma L.
Bethlehem. June. This introduced species of vetch is evidently
not limited to places near the sea coast as indicated in the Manual.
Vicia Cracca L.
Eoadsides. Ticonderoga and Brownville. June.
Rosa blanda Ait.
Rocky banks of the Black river below Brownville. June.
The absence of spines in this species together with its glabrous
i:)eduncles and calyx tubes and its persistent sepals, makes it one
of the most easily recognizable of our native roses. The stems
often have a few prickles toward the base but so far as I have
seen they are always glabrous above. The rose found near
Westport and which, in this Report I have referred to R. Sayi,
seems to be intermediate between this species and typical R. Sayi.
Its fruit is similar to that of R. hlanda, but its stems and often its
branches are very prickly, its stipules which are either narrow or
dilated are distinctly glandular-ciliate and its leaflets are more
rounded at the base and their serratures occasionally serrulate.
The prickly stems usually have slender spines interspersed among
the prickles. For these reasons it seems rather to be a variety of
R. Sayi than of R. hlanda.
Rosa Carolina L.
This is the only wild rose I have found in the heart of the
Adirondack wilderness. It occurs along the inlets of Raquette
lake and at Forked lake. It is in flower there in August. In one
instance a tendency to the formation of double flowers was shown,
the blossom having seven petals. The species occurs in all parts
of the State. The fine serratures of the leaflets appear to be the