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Proceedings of the Club. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25TH. 
_ The Vice-President in the Chair and twenty-three persons 
present. 
The paper announced “On some new Species of WVite//a,” 
was presented by Dr. Allen. Two new species, V. Blankinshipii 
and JV. stricta, were exhibited and described, and their relation 
to known species commented upon. . 
Dr. Allen also remarked at length on the desirability of es- 
tablishing a uniform method of botanical pronunciation, alluding 
especially to the three methods of Latin pronunciation in use at 
the present time. The subject was further discussed by Dr. Mo- 
rong and Dr. Britton. 
Dr. Morong spoke concerning the life and work of Rafinesque, 
remarking on his genius and acute powers of discrimination, 
stating that he agreed with Professor Greéne that many more of 
the genera and species described by him must be recognized. 
He made especial mention of the recent publication of Rafinesque’s 
will, by Mr. Thos. Meehan, in the columns of the- Philadelphia 
Ledger. 
Dr. Britton showed a specimen of Eleocharis atropurpurea, 
found by Dr. Wibbe in Fillmore Co., Nebraska, greatly extend- 
ing its range to the north. 
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13TH. 
The President in the Chair and twenty-eight persons present. 
The desirability of uniform botanical pronunciation, brought 
up by Dr. Allen at the previous meeting, was commented upon 
by Judge Brown. 
Dr. Morong presented the announced paper of the evening, 
“A Trip on the Pilcomayo River,” giving an account of his ex- 
periences during a six months’ journey in northwestern Paraguay 
and describing the floral features of the region. 
Dr. Allen showed flowering specimens of Pyxidanthera bar- 
bulata received from Miss Farrington from Lakewood, N. J., and 
a number of vernal plants sent by Miss Gordon of Aiken, S. C., 
among them /ris verna, Phlox amena, Phlox subulata and Chry- 
sogonum Virginianum, the latter reported as the earliest flower 
of that region. Z 
