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Rusby and Prof. C. Henry Kain, and the following correspond- 
ing members: Miss. Maria L. Owen, of Springfield, Mass., and 
J. Reverchon, of Dallas, Texas. 
The reports of officers for the year 1886 were read and ac- 
cepted. 
The election of officers for 1887 was then held, with the fol- 
lowing result: ' President, Prof. J.S. Newberry; Vice-President, 
Thos. Hogg; Treasurer, F. J. H. Merrill; Recording Secretary, 
Arthur Hollick; Corresponding Secretary, Miss H. C. Gaskin ; 
Editor, Elizabeth G. Britton; Associate Editors, Jos. Schrenk, 
F. J. H. Merrill, H. H. Rusby and C. Henry Kain; Curator, 
Miss M. O. Steele; Librarian, N. L. Britton. 
Prof. Schrenk remarked on the mucilaginous coating of the 
submerged portions of Brasenia peltata, and stated that this sub- 
stance is present also within the tissues of the plant. Dr. 
Britton called attention to the occurrence of a similar muci- 
lage on the young shoots of submerged Polygonum Muhlen- 
bergit, Watson, observed near Andover, N. J., last July. 
Dr. Henry H. Rusby gave a brief account of his recent 
travels in South America and of the general features of the 
Flora of portions of Chili, Peru, Bolivia and the valleys of 
the Beni, Madeira and Upper Amazon Rivers. 
Dr. Britton exhibited and remarked on Mr. A. H. Cur- 
tiss’ 8th Fascicle of North American Plants. It contains 
among other interesting species the following collected at a 
ballast wharf at Pensacola, Florida: Nécotiana glauca, Grah.; 
Petunia parviflora, Juss. ; Pluchea Quite, DC.; Jnula viscosa, 
Ait.; Flaveria’ contrayerba, L. and Acanthospermum humile, 
DC.; also Cestrum diurnum, L. and Pluchea odorata, Cass, 
escaped from cultivation on Key West. 
The secretary of the Histologic and Cryptogamic section re- 
ported that there had been held six meetings since the organization 
on April 6th, at which much valuable information in Histology 
and “technique,” had been contributed. The proceedings will 
_ hereafter be more fully reported. — 
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