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tem of botanical nomenclature in North America, I move the 
appointment of a committee of seven members of the Club, of 
which the President shall be one, to consider the questions in- 
volved, and to submit a set of recommendations to the Club be- 
fore the close of the present session. 
The resolution was adopted and the President appointed the 
following members to serve on this committee: H. H. Rusby, N. 
L. Britton, J. M. Coulter, F. V. Coville, L. M. Underwood, L. 
F. Ward and W. A. Kellerman. 
The first paper on the programme, by Dr. Britton, “ Some 
Nomenclatorial Problems,” was, upon the request of the author, 
omitted, in view of the previous conference and appointment of 
a committee to consider the matter. 
The papers presented, together with brief abstracts, are given 
in sequence of delivery as follows except in cases noted, where 
they are to be published subsequently in full. So far as possi- 
ble, the discussion following each paper has been added to the 
abstract. 
1. “The use of the terms Range, Locality, Station and Hab- 
itat,” by F. V. Coville. 
Mr. Coville suggested the following definitions: 
Range.—The region over which a type naturally grows. 
Locality—The more or less general geographic position of 
one or more individuals of a type. 
Station.—The precise spot upon which a type occurs or an 
individual was collected. 
Habitat.—The kind of place in which a type or individual 
occurs. 
This paper was discussed by Dr. Britton, who pointed out the 
need of more such papers to restrict definitely the meanings of 
terms in common use among botanists; Dr. Barnes, who objected 
to the third clause on the ground that it was impossible to define 
the precise spot upon whicha type occurs; Mr. Seaman, who pre: 
tested against the use of the word ype, and suggested the substt- 
tution of the wordspecies; Mr. Fernow,who agreed with Mr. Seaman 
in objection to the word type, and suggested under the definition a 
the term station the phrase “ precise spot upon which the indi- 
