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laxa, prolification in Rosa levigata, tetramerous flowers in 
Fragaria Californica, phyllody of the tip of the spike in Plan- 
tago lanceolata (we have noticed this once or twice about New 
York), the production of two cherries from flowers of Cerasus 
motles, and of the same duplication in the Peach. WN; 1: B: 
The Islay. (Gard. and For. v. 469.) With illustration of Prunus 
tlecifolia. 
Ueber Tertiére Fagus-Arten der Siidlichen Hemisphire. C. F. von 
Ettingshausen. (Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien., Jahrgang 
1891, 114-137, Taf. i, ii.) 
Twelve fossil species of the genus Fagus.are described, ten of 
which are new. F. Wilkinsoni, F. Etheridget, F. Miielleri, F- 
ulmifolia and F. Shagiana are figured on T. i. 7. Moorei, nature 
printed, is represented by ten figures on T. ii. 
Uredineen—Ueber einige in Sudamerika auf Berberis Arten 
wachsende. P. Magnus. (Ber. Deut. Bot. Gesel. x. 319, 
with plate.) 
Variations of the Strawberry Leaf. C. B. Atwell. (Bot. Gaz. 
XVii. 336-337). 
Woody Plants of Western Wisconsin. L. H. Pammel. (Iowa. 
Acad. Sci. i.; Pt. ii.) 
Proceedings of the Club. 
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER II, 1892. 
Vice-President Allen in the chair, and nineteen persons pres- 
ent. Dr. Rusby was elected secretary pro tem. 
The report of the Instruction Committee for 1892, was pre- 
sented by its Chairman, Dr. Rusby, accepted and ordered on file. 
Mr. Lighthipe reported upon several botanical excursions 
which he had made during the summer. North of Mountain 
House in the Catskills during the last week in August he had 
found Arenaria Grenlandica, Potentilla tridentata (in fruit), 
and Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi (in fruit). At Haynes Falls, 
altitude about 2,000 feet, he had found Cornus Canadensts 
(in fruit), Hieracium aurantiacum, Adlumia Sungosa, - 
tiens pallida, Habenaria Hookeri, Chiogenes and Monarda 
_ fistulosa. At Bald Mountain near Scranton, about the same ele- 
