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ters clear to the eye, and the descriptions on the opposite pages 
are models for their terse and accurate use of botanical termi- 
nology. 
The new species, 9 in all and the varieties 8, form a large 
addition to the genus. 
The latter part of the volume is devoted to the comparative 
anatomy of the stems of certain species, accompanied by 15 ex- 
cellent plates, which exhibit such diversities of internal structure 
as to afford essential aid in support of sub-generic and even specific 
distinctions. 
To withhold recognition, so fairly earned and so worthy of 
acknowledgment, from a work like this would be wrong. It is 
highly creditable both to the author and to the college whose 
ample resources and friendly help enabled him to produce it. 
The fruit, not of a hasty and rapid incursion, but of persistent, 
patient and thorough study of the field which it covers, the con- 
tribution it has made to science is solid and will endure. What 
Dr. Engelmann did for /uxcus has now been done for Polygonum, 
and more of just this kind of labor is needed for the better eluci- 
dation of our North American Flora. eG. P: 
Proceedings of the Club. 
Turspay Eventnc, May 14TH, 1895. 
The President in the chair and 22 persons present. 
Mr. A. Ruth and Mr. W. A. Bastedo were elected active 
members. 
The editor announced the publication of the third part of Vol. 
4 of the Memorrs, and stated that the fourth part would contain a 
paper by Mrs. Pettit on Arachis hypogaea. 
Mr. Lighthipe reported excellent progress in the rearrange- 
ment of the herbarium. 
The announced papers of the evening were then presented. 
1. By Mr. George V. Nash, “‘ The North American Species of 
the Genus Cenchrus,” illustrated by specimens. 
2. By Mrs. Anna S. Pettit, « Notes from a Study of the Pea- 
nut, Arachis hypogaea.” 
