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Poughkeepsie, Summer and Autumn. This species has the aspect 
of a Septoria or Phyllosticta. 
Septoria Verbenae, x. sp.—Epiphyllous; spots minute, orbicular, 
white; perithecia few, minute, scattered over the spots; spores 
long, thread-shaped, very-pale yellow, filled with a row of nucleoli, 
.0024 long. 
On leaves of Verbena hastata, Poughkeepsie, Autumn. 
Peziza chrisophthalma, ». sp.—Small, sessile, margin raised, disk 
at first concave, at length convex. Asci clavate, .01' long; para- 
physes clavate, filled with orange-yellow granules; spores broadly 
oval, .001 by .0006, with a single nucleus. Whole plant deep 
orange-yellow, about one line in diameter. 
On damp earth, among mosses, in gardens. September, Pough- 
keepsie, 
Uncinula geniculata, x. sp.—Hypophyllous ; mycelium in round- 
ish spots, or sometimes covering nearly the whole surface; persis- 
tent. Conceptacles, .004’ in diameter; appendages 30-40, one and 
a half times the length of the diameter of the conceptacles ; spor- 
angia 5-8, ovate, rostrate; spores 6, 
The appendages have a tendency to become angularly bent, 
whence the specific name. 
On Morus rubra. August—October. Poughkeepsie. 
5 56. The Connecticut Valley Botanical Society—held its first 
annual meeting at Amherst, Mass., Oct. 1. 
This is a new society, numbering about twenty members, 
ladies and gentlemen. 
_ President-—Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, Hanover, N. H. 
Vice-President—Rev. H. G. Jesup, Amherst, Mass. 
Secretary—Mrs, M. L. Owen, Springfield, Mass. 
It is designed as a bond of Union among the lovers of Botany 
throughout the Connecticut valley, both for general study of the 
science and to ensure a more thorough acquaintance with the flora 
of this most interesting portion of New England. H. G. J. 
§ 57. Cyperaceze—We want much more material before entering 
upon our list of this order, 
3 58. Hepaticze Exsiccatze—Mr. Austin informs us that he is now 
printing for this work. It will contain over 170 numbers, and will 
be accompanied with a pamphlet like the “Musci.” ‘The price will 
be for the present $15 (never less). ves 
5 59. List of Botanists.—We shall do all in our power to get this 
ready for the next number of the Bulletin. We hope that those 
who have information which they have not furnished will give It 
without delay. Our field is North America and the West Indies. 
$60. The sketch of Mr. Durand is, in the main, a paper read to the Club by 
its President. We have added a few facts for which we are chiefly indeb 
to the kindness of Mr. Thomas Meehan. The faults are our own. ‘ 
Terms—One dollar for one copy ; five dollars for seven : and half a dollar for every additional — 
copy per annum: 
Local Herbarium, 3, E. 33d St—Editor, 224, E. 10th St 
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