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cal and topographical features of the State, and by a very convenient 

 outline map showing the location of the counties. 



Trimen's Journal of Boiatiy, for October, contains the following 

 articles : ' On the Natural Order Taccaceae,' by H. F. Hance ; ' On 

 Erythraea capitata. Willd., var. sphaerocephala; by F. Townsend ; 



On the Production of Hybrids in the Genus Epilobhim: by R. A. 

 Briggs. 



133. Proceedings Of the Torrey Club— The regular monthly 



meeting of the Club was held Tuesday evening, Oct. nth, at the 

 Herbarium, Columbia College, the President in the chair and twenty 

 members and two visitors present. 



Plants Exhibited. ~Mv. Leggett presented specimens of Tsuga 

 Carolimana -En^Xtm from the Carolina Mountains (Caesar's Head, 

 Greenville Co., S. C), sent by Capt. J. Donnell Smith, and spineless 

 leaves of Ilex opaca, Ait., from South Carolinn. Dr. Newberry ex- 

 hibited a beautiful collection of Western plants collected by him on 

 a recent trip through Colorado and Idaho, and also remarked upon 

 the characteristics of the Western Coniferae. Mr. Gerard exhibited 

 a specimen of Richat-dia ^thiopica, the spadix of which was subtended 

 by three spaihes, sent by Miss Palmer from Louisville, Ky. Prof 

 bchrenk showed specimens of plants collected by him in New Hamp- 

 shire during the summer, and placed them at the disposal of the mem- 

 bers present. -^ 



.f \ft-!f ^^^^^•~^'[ ^^\\.lo^ remarked upon some singular forms 

 of hybrid oaks found by Mr. Rudkin and himself growing in abun- 



f v^^f '.f ^'P°'*' •^- J--; ^"^ ^^^'^^ ^""^ ^^^^ under investigation with 

 V.flfr ^"'"'■"^^"^^g' ^f Possible, the parent species. A series of 



nnrtSll iw"' ^^^^^^^^°^^'" exhibiting various transitional forms, ap- 

 parently between Quercus F/iellos, L., and Q. nigra L 



Serrafula ////./^rm.-Specimens of this adventive plant, which has 

 LThv Tl "f -^-blished in a few places on StaL I^llnd were 



)llJ^vt) t T] ^^?' ^^^^"^'on, for the Club's inspection. 



Polyphylly.-Mr. Bicknell reported the detection by him this sea- 

 son of a plant of Asckpias Cornuii, Decaisne, having its leaves in 

 whorls of three, and also of a plant of Silphium perfoliatum L with 

 leaves in whorls of three and with a 6-angled steV Mr BHUon re- 

 marked that he had observed precisely the same change thi year fn 

 specimens Eupatorium teucrifoHuni, Willd ^ 



mentof aTH?oir::^^r-^''' ? C..;-^a.-Mr. Britton showed leaf speci- 

 mens of a trifoliate form of Caryajorcina, Nutt detected in New 

 Jersey, and stated that all the leav^on the tree whence the e were 



dld^nrrSSs.^'^ ^^^^^ ^"^P^^^^^°" °^ ''- --% two^ff^ur^T 



belotrngtthTat/s\o';;'"^^ll7t,t,^^^ of new stations for plants 

 Lois, Queens County as a station Sr r "f ^Y^ ^'"^' ^^^ 



plant S>t reported a^belng ^g ^th^ StTrf ^rranr/'^^^^^^ " 



cimens gathered at that locality ' ^ exhibited spe- 



prop':>red^rS.:mbethl;' ^'^ ^"^^ -^-^-' ^^ -« --es 



were 



