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3. That in determining the name of a genus or species to 
which two or more names have been given by an author in the 
same volume or on the same page of a volume, precedence shall 
decide. 
Zissa stands on the same page as Buda in Adanson’s “ Fam- 
illes des Plantes,” but has precedence of a few lines, and is to be 
adopted. . : 
Monpbay, AUGUST 21. 
The report of the Treasurer was received and accepted. It 
_ indicated a deficit of $6.16, which was made up by voluntary con- 
tributions. Prof. A. S. Hitchcock and Dr. Erwin F. Smith were 
appointed a committee to nominate officers for the next meeting 
of the Club. ese 
Discussion of the remainder of the report by the committee on 
Nomenclature was postponed until Tuesday, and the matter was 
referred to the committee for reconsideration. It consisted of 
recommendations relative to the time and method of publication 
of the list and to the maintenance of the original name in case of 
plants first published as varieties but subsequently elevated to 
species, and of plants first published as species but subsequently 
reduced to varieties. 
Mrs. Britton read a paper on “The Genus Sruchia in North 
America,” illustrated by specimens and drawings. The paper will 
be published in a future issue of the BULLETIN. 
Mrs. Britton remarked also on the necessity of the examina- 
tion of types of critical species in the preparation of monographs 
or other works of reference. Prof. Greene alluded to the method 
of certification of types and duplicate types adopted by him, by 
the statement of the place of publication on the labels. Miss 
Harrison remarked on the identification of types in the National 
Herbarium. : 
~ Prof. Kellerman stated that the original drawings of the plates 
of Sullivant’s «Icones Muscorum,” together with many of the 
Specimens used in executing these drawings, had recently been 
incorporated with the bryological collections of the Ohio State 
University, ee abe 
Prof. A. S. Hitchcock exhibited specimens of the recently- 
described Ampelopsis quinquefolia, var. vitacea, Knerr., and re- 
