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bill establishing the garden in Bronx Park had become a law, 
receiving the signature of the Governer of the State. 
Dr. Emily L. Gregory read the announced paper of the even- 
ing, ‘On Abnormal Development of Spirogyra Cells.” 
A number of plants sent by Dr. Newberry from Hot Springs, ' 
North Carolina, were shown, among them the rare Disporum 
maculatum. 
Dr. Britton remarked on the nomenclature of the North 
American genera of Papaveracez, stating that the question of 
accepting Dzclytsa, Borckh., or Dicentra, Bernh., could best be 
solved by using neither, but by taking up instead Bzkukulla, 
Adans., which has priority over either one; likewise, Capnoides, 
Adans,, has long priority over Corydalis, D.C., and is pretty sure 
to be restored sooner or later. 
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12TH. 
The President in the chair and 22 persons present. 
The following announced papers were read, illustrated by 
specimens and diagrams: (1) Additions to the flora of Rich- 
mond County, N. Y., and (2) Notes on the July flora of Montauk, 
Long Island, by Arthur Hollick; (3), Notes on the genus Les- 
pedeza, by N. L. Britton. 7 
Mr. Lighthipe exhibited cypress knees from Florida, remark- 
ing on the lightness of the wood, and stating that from his obser- 
vations these structures aided the tree in maintaining an erect posi- 
tion in swampy land. He also showed Castillea coccinea froma 
new station near Rahway, N. J. 
The President made the following announcement: 
Two prizes, one of $15.00, and one of $10.00, for the best 
collections of herbarium specimens of flowering plants, exclusive 
of grasses and sedges, made within 100 miles of New York, during 
the year 1891. The collections to be made with especial reference 
to the perfection of the pressed flowers, those of maximum size 
to be selected. in all cases. Fruit to be supplied if possible, and 
so far as practicable in woody plants from the same shrub or tree 
furnishing the flowers. The specimens to be named, and the 
maximum size of flowers and fruit observed to be stated on the la- 
bels, dimensions to be given in lines and inches. 
The collections to be submitted to the committee on Phanero- 
gamia of the Local Flora for adjudication by November Ist, 1891. 
No collection of less than 300 species will be received. 
