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Prof. M. B. Waite contributed a paper on '' Changes in the 

 Local Fungus Flora of Champaign, 111." In the absence of the 

 author, the paper was read by Mr. Scribner. 



Prof. W. J. Beal read a paper entitled ** Notes on Some 

 Flowering Plants of Michigan." 



At the conclusion of the meeting the Club adjourned to meet 



next year in Toronto, Canada. 



Besides the papers read before the Botanical Club, the fol- 

 lowing botanical papers were read in Section F of the Associa- 

 tion : **A Plea for Uniformity in Biological Nomenclature/' N. L. 

 Britton; **A Study of Hydrangea as to the Objects of Cross- 

 Fertilization," Thos. Meehan ; **A Phase of Evolution/* E. L. 

 Sturtevant; "Notes on the Inflorescence of Callitrichey' ]os. 

 Schrenk; " Hygroscopic Movements in the Cone-Scales of 

 Abietineae/' A. N. Prentiss; ** Some New Facts in the Life- 

 History of Yucca and the Yucca Moth/' Thos. Meehan ; '*0n the 

 Cause and Significance of Dichogamy in Flowers/' Thos. Mee- 

 han ; '* Adaptation in the Honeysuckle and Insect Visitors, 

 Thos. Meehan; "Comparison of the Flora of Eastern and 

 Western Michigan in the latitude of 44" 40'/' W. J. Beal; ''Ot 

 servations on the Succession of Forests in Northern Michigan, 

 W. J. Beal; ** The Systematic Position of the Rhizocarpese, 

 Douglas H. Campbell; '* Pollen Germination and Pollen Meas- 

 urements/' Byron D, Halsted. 



The following botanical papers were read before the Society 

 for the Promotion of Agricultural Science : " Peculiarities of the 

 Plants of Northern Michigan/* W. J. Beal; ** Notes on the Flow- 

 ering Plants of Ohio/' W. R. Lazenby; '' Potato F^lowers and 

 Fruit/' Byron D. Halstead; "Tomato Flowers and Fruit/* By- 

 ron D, Halstead; ''A Further Study of the Dandelion/* E. L. 

 Sturtevant; ** Successful Treatment of Black Rot/' F. L. Scrib- 



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ner. 



Douglas H. CAMrsELL. 



The Systematic Position of the Rhizocarpese.f 



As is well known to botanists, the Rhizocarpece are distin- 

 guished from the other Filicinece in having spores of two kinds, 



* See this Bulletin, p. 258, 



I Read before Section F, at the Cleveland meetiuci of the A. A. A. S., iSSS. 



