Annual Report of the State Botanist 1892 - MykoWeb

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Report of the State Botanist.
ticular as to soil or surroundings. It grows in sandy, clayey or
gravelly soil, in places wet or dry, on naked ground or among
grasses and exposed to the full rays of the sun or protected by
the shade of trees. It already has a foothold in at least three
counties
Vaccinium stamineum L.
Th( fruit of this species sometimes attains a diameter of live
or six lines. Its flavor is similar to that of the cranberry for
which it might be made a substitute.
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi ISpreng.
Abundant in sandy soil in the eastern part of Long Island.
Primula Mistassinica Mx.
This rare and local plant is still an inliabitant of the rocky
cliffs along Fish creek above Taberg. Its flowers vary in color
from white to pink or lilac.
Phlox divaricata X.
Near Sanford's Corners, Jefferson county. June.
Mimulus moschatus J>ougl.
Near Middle Grove, Saratoga county. July. Wibhe.
Woods near Shokan.
Conopholis Americana Wallr.
E,um.ex verticillatus L.
Head of Lake Champlain growing in water two or three feet
deep and emitting from the submerged joints of the stem
numerous rootlets.
Polygonum amphibium L.
In the pond and river which form the outlet of the Fulton
Chain of lakes, this species forms circular patches, which, from
a little distance, might be taken for small islands. The plants
are densely matted and in the central part of the ])atch they rise
above the surface of the water and send up erect shoots, thus
giving the aspect of an elevation in the center. Contrary to the
Manual descri[ttion, these plants have flower spikes from one to