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Libarian, Miss C. A. Timmerman, Rev. L. H. Lighthipe; Com- 
mittees on the Local Flora, Phanerogamia, Dr. Thomas C. Porter, 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Dr. H. H. Rusby; Cryptogamia, Elizabeth G. 
Britton, Maria O. Le Brun, Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe. 
Prof. Byron D. Halsted read the announced paper of the even- 
ing, ‘‘ Some Results of a Study of Fruit Decays,’’ illustrated by 
diagrams. An abstract of the paper will be published in a subse- 
quent number of the BuLLETIN. Prof. Halsted exhibited a set of 
his distribution of 100 species of American weed-seeds, an account 
of which appears in the present BULLETIN. 
Mr. Lighthipe exhibited Amarantus blitoides from Sewaren, N. 
J. (See note on p 70) 
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25TH. 
Dr. Morong in the Chair and 29 persons present. Dr. Britton 
was elected Secretary pro. tem. 
Prof. H. W. Conn, of Wesleyan University, was elected an active 
member. 
The following papers were read and illustrated by specimens and 
Maps : 
‘‘ Some new Species of Characez,’”” by Dr. T. F. Allen (to be 
published in a subsequent number of the BULLETIN). 
‘« Preliminary Report on the Flora of Luzerne County, Penna.,”’ 
by Mr. A. A. Heller (published in the present BuLLETIN). 
‘The Mosses of White Top Mountain, Virginia,” by Mrs. N. 
L. Britton. This will be incorporated in the account of the ex- 
ploration of Southern Virginia prosecuted during the last summer, 
to be published in a number of the MEmorrs. 
The Secretary stated that the memorial of Dr. Newberry would 
be presented at the second February meeting, and that Mr. J. 
H. Redfield had prepared an article on the life of Mr. I. C. Martin- 
dale, which would be printed in the March BuLLetin. 
Reviews of Foreign Literature. 
A Monograph of the Myxogastres. By George Massee. 
(Methuen & Co., London, 1892. 359 pages and 12 chromo litho- 
graph plates containing 313 figures.) | 
