BULLETIN 



OF THE 



rORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



Vol. VI I-] New York, June, 1880. [No. 6. 



44- Proceedings of the Torrey Club.— The regular monthly 



meeting of the Club was held at the Herbarium, Columbia College, 

 ! iiesday evening, June 8th, the Vice-President in the chair. Twenty- 

 hve members and eight visitors were present. 



Mr. Britton read a report in regard to the field meetings that had 

 occurred up to date. 



A communication, accompanied by specimens, from Capt. J. Donnell 

 Smith, was read by Mr. Leggett. The specimens sent were those of 



fern which had been determined by Prof. Eaton as Aspidlum 

 conferminum var. strigosum (new to the United States), and of Woll- 

 fiella gladiata, var. Floridana, described below. 



Mr. LeRoy, in behalf of the donor. Miss Mary C. Reynolds, of 

 St. Augustine, Fla., presented the Club with a specimen of Acrosti- 



chuin aiweum, L. 



On motion, the Secretary was directed to tender the thanks of 

 the Club to the donors of the specimens. 



Mr. Jos. Schrenk called attention to a remarkable specimen of a 

 sassafras tree which he had recently observed on Jackson Avenue, 

 near Newton, Long Island, the trunk of which measured 8 ft. 

 and 6 inches in circumference. Dr. Newberry remarked that in the 

 VVest, where the tree was abundant, he had seen specimens that were 

 2 ft. m diameter, and that these were considered of extraordinary 

 size, but he had never met with any so large as the one mentioned 

 by Mr. Schrenk. 



<i rW '^^'■^^ from Mr. J- H. Gore asking information in regard to 

 Tuckahoe " was referred to Mr. Gerard to report upon. 

 Prof. Wood exhibited specimens and read a list of twenty-five 

 Idaho plants received by him from Lieut. Wilcox, two of which 

 he thought were new species. Among the specimens was a species 

 of Peucedanum, which Dr. Newberry stated formed an important 

 element of food for the Indians of Idaho and Oregon. From the 

 root, which is the part used, the epidermis is stripped off, and the 

 internal portion is pounded fine and made into bread or pressed into 

 flat cakes. 



Mr. Brown presented to the Club's Herbarium specimens of three 

 grasses found in New York City and new to its flora — Festuca My- 

 nrus, Ij., Glyceria procumbens, and Phlemn arenarium, L. 



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^ay, June 12th. 



On motion the invitation was accepted. 



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J. B. C, being present, made, on 

 invitation, a few remarks on the character of the flora of the locality 

 to be visited. 



