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Grevilha (September).—' Monograph of the British Hypomycetes* 

 (2 plates), by C. B. Plowright ; ' On the Heteroecism of the' 

 Uredines,' by C. B. Plowright; 'New British Fungi,' by 

 M.C.Cooke; ' Fungi Macowaniana,' by C. Kalchbrenner; ' Aus- 

 traUan Fungi,' by M. C. Cooke; ' Three new Indian Fungi,' by 

 M. J. Berkeley. 



Proceedings of the Torrey Club— The regular meeting of the 



Club was held Tuesday, Sept. 12th, the President in the chair and 

 twenty-five persons present. 



Mr. Hollick exhibited and remarked upon some sports in ferns, 

 and a specimen of Liliw^i Philadelphicum in which one of the 

 stamens was replaced by a sepal ; and also showed a specimen of 

 Hepatica in which the involucre was excessively developed. 



Mr. Britton remarked upon some recent additions to the flora of 

 New Jersey, and called attention to some new stations for a few of 

 the rarer forms. 



Heterophylly in the Beech.~T\\Q President showed specimens of 



two forms of leaves taken from a beech-tree, one of them being normal 



and the other deeply incised like those of the variety iV/^r/Va of arbori- 

 culturists. 



Mr. J. p. Hyatt exhibited a section of the bark and wood of a hem- 

 lock, showing on the inner surface of the wood reversed copies in 

 relief of marks made on the tree by surveyors forty years 

 (Described more in detail on another page). 



Mr. Schrenk remarked upon the plants found by him during the 

 summer on Mt. Washington. 



Dr. Barstow extended an invitation to the Club to visit his resi- 

 dence at Flushing on the i6th to partake of a luncheon. 

 Two names were proposed for active membership. 

 At the regular meeting of the Club held Tuesday evening, Oct 



10th, the President occupied the chair and fourteen persons were 

 present. 



In the absence of the Librarian, Mr. Gerard read the titles of 

 the books and periodicals which had been sent to the Club since the 

 previous meeting. 



The President exhibited a small but tastefully arranged collec- 

 tion of Pacific coast algae, mounted on very large cardboard, a gift 

 from Dr G^ W. Hulse to the Torrey Herbarium. Among the speci- 

 mens included was one of Nereocystis lutrarum 60 feet in length. 

 1 he President in showing the collection made some interesting 



remarks on the characteristics and economic uses of the plants 

 represented. ^ 



^wering Shrub.-m. Bower showed some specimens, 

 floTerT' ^^ Staphylea Mfolia, L, bearing both fruit and 



r..i^'' ^'°" ^f 7' °^ '^^ Agricultural Department, being present, 

 nln'whiT Th ^^kP'I on 'Three Hybrid Oaks nSar Wash^ 



ThVee^ er.nn P^^l'^^^f '" ^ future number of the Bulletin. 



1 hree persons were elected active members 



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