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The assent of the Club was given to a proposition of the 
Council of the Scientific Alliance of New York, that a joint meet- 
ing be held in memory of Prof. John S. Newberry. 
The first paper of the evening was then read by Dr. H. H. 
Rusby, entitled «Account of some new Species of Polypetale 
from Bolivia.” The paper was a report upon the study of 280 
numbers collected by Mr. Miguel Bang, representing 271 species 
and varieties, of which 58 were unknown and 4 others were repre- 
sented only by manuscript names or by names published without 
descriptions. The specimens of these new species were exhibited, 
a number of them being compared with other specimens exhibited 
of related species. Dr. Rusby announced that his method of 
publishing his enumeration of Mr. Bang’s plants would be in sets 
of 1000 numbers, each set being published in two parts, each part 
to constitute a number of the Memoirs of the Club. The first 
part, running through the Composit of the first thousand num- 
bers, would occupy a number of the next volume of the Memoirs. 
The second paper was then presented by Mr. Henry Kraemer, 
being his report as chairman of the Field Committee for 1892. 
The report was remarkably full in the enumeration of every detail 
connected with the work of the committee, and was filed with the 
Secretary. 
Dr. Britton spoke of two forms of Vaccinium vacillans, co!- 
lected at Forked River, N. J., and exhibiting two markedly distinct 
forms of corolla. His attempts to associate these with the corres- 
ponding fruits had not up to the present proven satisfactory. He 
also referred to the Rudus villosus, var. (?) Aumifusus, which had 
now turned up in a number of localities. 
An interesting discussion followed on the appearance and habit 
of the Velumbo lutea. Mr. Rudkin, in reply to a question by the 
President, stated that the plant had not only held its own at 
Swartzwood Pond, N. J., but had increased greatly. It was found 
in full bloom about the 1st of August. The flowers are 9 or 10 
inches in diameter, and the petals are few and loose as compared 
with those of Castalia; the largest leaves are 2 feet or more in 
diameter. Dr. Morong remarked upon the great length and in- 
creasing thickness downward of the portion of the plant which 
was imbedded in the mud; in this respect it is similar to the ~ 
Orontium aquaticum. So large and thick are these portions that = 
