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What concerns us most nearly is that, unless the citations of 
date of publication for some of the names should have been 
wrongly determined, we now have established a permanent basis 
for our nomenclature, and an amount of condensed study with- 
in our grasp, for which all botanists owe the committee a 
deep debt of gratitude. The labor of this research and of the 
verifications which were necessary only the members of the 
committee can appreciate, and we are perfectly willing to forgive, 
in advance, any errors in this respect which may and probably 
will be discovered when the list comes to be put into practical use. 
Each species and variety is given a consecutive number, beginning 
with 1. Ophioglossum vulgatum L., and terminating with 4336. 
Ptiloria tenuifolia (Torr.) Raf., the sequence being in accordance 
with Engler and Prantl’s “ Natiirliche Pflanzenfamilien.” To the 
list is added an appendix containing references to typographical 
€rrors, wrong determinations, changes in synonymy and about 
fifty additional species. 
The committee to whose labors we are indebted consists of N. ~ 
L. Britton, John M. Coulter, H. H. Rusby, Wm. A. Kellerman, 
Fredk. V. Coville, L. M. Underwood, Lester F. Ward, Edward L. 
Greene and Wm. Trelease. A. H. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
Annual MEETING, TUESDAY EvENING, JANUARY. 8, 1895. 
The President in the chair and seventeen persons present. 
Mr. Leonard Barron and Rev. A. P. Ekman were elected ac- 
tive members. 
The following officers were elected for 1895: 
President, Hon. Addison Brown; Vice-Presidents, Dr. T. F. 
Allen, Rev. L. H. Lighthipe ; Recording Secretary, Dr. Henry H. 
Rusby; Corresponding Secretary, John K. Small; Editor, Dr. N. 
L. Britton; Treasurer, Henry Ogden; Associate Editors, Dr. Emily 
L. Gregory, Anna Murray Vail, Arthur Hollick, Dr. Byron D. 
Halsted, A. A. Heller; Curator, Josephine E. Rogers; Librarian, 
Effie A. Southworth. 
Under the reading of communications, a letter was read 
from Prof. Dr. A. Cogniaux accepting the honorary member- 
