BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



Vol. Vll.l New York, November, 1880. [Wo. I I 



§ 89. Proceedings of the Torrey Club.— The regular meeting of 



the Club was held at the Herbarium, Columbia College, Tuesday 

 evening, October 12th, the Vice-President in the chair. There were 

 sixteen members and four visitors present. 



Plants Exhibited. — Mr, Britton exhibited a section of the trunk 

 of the cork oak, Quercus Suber, L., brought by Mr. I. C. Russell 

 from Morocco, and a pod of Cassia fistula^ L., from Cuba, where 

 the plant has been introduced from the East Indies. Mr. Brown 

 showed a number of adventive plants gathered on the ballast grounds 

 at Communipaw. Among these was Richardsonia scabra, St. Hil., 

 (the Mexican clover), Waltheria Americana^ L., and Malvastrum 

 tricuspidatum^ Gray. 



Teratology. — Mr. Leggett exhibited a specimen oi Fraxi?ms Aine?-" 

 icana^ from Albany, in a hypertrophied condition — the terminal pedi- 

 cels being swollen and distorted and the flowers entirely wanting. 

 Miss Knight reported the detection by her of the white-flowered va- 

 riety of Campa7iida rotiuidifolia^ I.., at Mount Desert Island, during 

 the summer. 



Field Meetings, — The complete report of the Committee on field 

 meetings for the year was read and accepted. From this, the follow- 

 ing notes are selected as worthy of record : At the meeting of June 

 1 2th, in the low grounds and woods at the base of the first Newark 

 Mountain, P/ilox pilosa, L., Aristolochia Serpentaria, L., Euonymus 

 Americanus, L!^(typical form), JIaFenaria vtresceiis, Spreng., were 

 found. On June 26th, at Little Fe"rry, N. J-. Aletris farinosa, 

 L., and a considerable quantiiy of a ' double-flowered form of 

 Ranunculus repefis, L., were collected. At Ridgewood, L. L, 

 July'ist, some of the more noteworthy plants collected were 

 Elatine Ainericana, Arjiott, Monarda fistulosa, L., Eriycaulon 

 decaugulare, L., Glycjria obtusa/lxm,, (new to Long Island), and a 

 species of Isoetes. August 7th, White Plains was visitedand found 

 to be a new %\^\\oxi {ox Lecjiea Novae-Caesar eae, Aust., Hejiopsis laevis, 

 Pers., Chamaelirium lutenm, Gray, and Aspidjiim Goldianufn, Hook. 

 On Aug. r4th, an excursion was made to Fort Lee,- N. J., an old sta- 

 tion for Pogonia pendula, Lindh The plant was again detected, and 

 in considerable quantity— both the white and purple-flowered varie- 

 ties being represented. The stems of some of the plants bore as many 

 as six flowers. On September nth, the Club visited Huguenot, Sta- 

 ten Island. Mimulus alatus. Ait., (new to the Island), was foimd 

 here, as was also the fungus, BolcUts albo-ater, Schw,, which, accord- 

 ing to local catalogues, does not appear to have been hitherto detect- 

 ed since the time of Schweinitz. At this locality the members had an 

 opportunity of observing the behavior of humble-bees in gathering O 

 nectar from Gerardia pedicularia, L. In no case did the insects enter 



