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to be always imbedded in a matrix of protoplasm. A solid red pig- 
ment was observed in the fruits of Rosa canina^ Pyrus auciiparia, 
Convallaria majalis^ Bryonia dioica and in the acid of Euonymus lati- 
f alius and EuropceuSy Celasirus scandens and Taxus baccata. 
The red pigment in the cortical portion of the root of the carrot 
is of a very peculiarjkind, resembling long, pointed crystals. 
Insoluble violet pigments are rare, but occur in Thunbergia alata 
and Delphiniuvi bicolor; while blue granules are found in the fruit of 
Viburnum Tinus. Brown insoluble pigments were found only in the 
seaweeds, Fucus vesiculosus and Furcellaria fastigiaia. The devel- 
opment of the colored granules does not end with their acting as pig- 
ments; after this period they go through a variety of changes of de- 
velopment or degradation. {Journ, Roy. Micros'. Soc, from Prings- 
heim's Jahrb.). 
Proceedings of the Torrey Club.— At the regular meeting of the 
Club Tuesday evening, January 8th, the President occupied the chair 
and twenty persons were present. The following officers were elected 
for the current year: President, J. S. Newberry; Vice-President, Ad- 
dison Brown; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Maria O, Steele; Record- 
ing Secretary, A, Hollick; Treasurer, W. H. Rudkin; Editor, W. R. 
Gerard; Associate Editor/Benj. Braman; .Curator, Miss E. G. Knight; 
Librarian, N. L. Britton. The annual reports of the various officers 
were read and accepted. 
Dr. Britton exhibited specimens and read 
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7/ Plants collected by Mr, T. Albert Rudkin dunng a 
of 1883, as follows:- 
Coptis asplenifolia^ Salisb.; Aconitum Napellus^ L., var. delphinifo- 
lium^ Serin ge; Claytonia Siberica, L.; Spirma Aruncus^ L.; Geuvi 
macrophyllum^ \N\\\i\,; Rubus Nuikanus, Moyino; Kubuspedatus, Smith; 
Poterium Sitchense, Watson ; Tiarella trifoliata, L.; Tellima grandr 
florajyow^ ; Epilobium coloratum, Muhl; Epilobium laiifoliumy L.,_var. 
GRANDIFLORUM n. rar.— Stems strong, angled, their upper portions 
slightly canescent; leaves ovate-lanceolate, two and one-half inches 
long by one inch wide, bearing small, obtuse, remote teeth ; vems 
very apparent on the lower surface; flowers two inches broad when 
expanded; petals obovate, obtuse, three-quarters of an inch broad; 
peduncles axillary, canescent, erect, one inch long; pods woolly 
erect, truncate, about as long as the peduncles. A well-marked 
variety, probably not specifically distinct. There is a specimen of the 
same in the Torrey Herbarium from Sitka. 
Fatsia Jiorrida, Benth. & Hook.; Cornus Canadensis, L.; Valertan- 
ella syivatica, Richardson; Nabalus alatus, Yioo\.\Pyro!a secnnda, L.; 
Gentiana Doiiglassiand, Boug.; Romanzoffia Unalaschensis, Cham.. 
Mimulusiuteus, L.; Spiranthes Romanzoviana, Cham.; Habenarta at- 
lataia, Gray.; Prosarles tracJiycarpa, Watson; Tofieldia glutinosa, 
AVilld.; Eriophorum polystachyon, L., var. angustifohum. Gray, a lorm 
with only two or three spikes; Eqiiisetum pratense, L.; ^oma^i^ 
Spicant, L.; Phegopteris Drvopteris, F6e; Phegopteris polypodwtdes 
Fee.; Aspidium spinulosum, Swartz, var, dilatatum, Eaton, a smax 
form; Lycopodium Selago, L. 
