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of Wilmington, N. C., stating that the Pyxtdanthera shown at 
the last meeting had been collected in the vicinity of that city. 
Mr. Sterns reported his observation of three fold trichotomy 
in a tendril of Bignonia capreolata, L., which had three main 
branches, each with three secondary branches, one of the latter 
having three distinct tertiary branchlets tipped with small disks 
resembling those of Ampelopsis. He also remarked on an ap- 
parent order in the arrangement of the prickles of Rosa Sinica, 
the Cherokee Rose, there being three to each internode, a pair of 
them sub-opposite and just below the node and nearly at right 
angles to the petiole, and the other considerably lower down and 
in a line with it. : 
Mr. J. I. Northrop showed a specimen of Polypodium inca- 
num from Florida, where it is known as the “ Resurrection Fern,” 
from its habit of curling up when dry and expanding when wet. 
Miss Steele showed a specimen of Richardia having two 
_ spathes, one below the other, sent by Dr. O. R. Willis. 
Professor Schrenk showed specimens of a fungus found grow- 
ing under the bark of a dead tree, apparently Rhizomorpha sub- 
corticalis, and remarked on its resemblance to those shown at the 
last meeting from the Dickerson Iron Mine, N. J. 
Mrs. Britton showed a specimen of the fruit of Liquidambar 
illustrating elongation of the inflorescence. 
Dr. Britton read a communication from Rev. Dr. J. He: Peters; 
of Mays Landing, N. J., accompanying a specimen of Phoraden- 
dron flavescens collected in the neighborhood of that place. It 
is there found exclusively on Nyssa multiflora. He remarked 
that thin sections of the branches revealed the presence of 
chlorophyll in the pith and showed microscope preparations to 
illustrate this fact. He also’ exhibited a curious specimen of 
wood from the collection of the late Professor Holmes of 
Charleston, S. C.; it is nearly a foot in diameter, hollow, ahd of 
a peculiar plumose structure. It was found at the base of a tree 
near Charleston, and appears from microscopical examination to 
be of the Bald Cypress (Zaxodium distichum.) 
_- The paper announced for the evening, “ Notes on a Col- 
lection of Texas Plants,” by H. H. Rusby and N. L. Britton, was 
then read. It will be published hereafter. 
