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Mr. Clutc reported work on the sand barren flora of eastern 

 Long Island. Among his collections were Dryoptcris shmdata^ 

 only once before recorded from New York State ; Knciffia Allciii, 

 new to North America ; Pogonia verticillata^ in quantity near 

 Southampton ; Kalinia latifolia, within twenty-five feet of the sea- 

 level ; Potentilla piimlla and P. Ca7iade7isis growing together with- 

 out intermediate forms. 



Discussion regarding violets followed. Professor Britton ex- 

 hibited some fresh flowers of Viola cucullata^ borne on peduncles 

 normally cleistogene, and with some of the flowers transitional in 

 character. President Brown spoke of similar flowering in V, sagit- 

 tata. Dr. Britton and the secretary reported their collecting 

 cleistogenes of V. Atlantica this season for the first time. 



Mr. Clute spoke of his study of the cleistogenes in V. cuctdlata, 

 V. ovata^ V, rostrata and V. Canadensis^ and of their development 

 durincr the heat of summer. . He observed the need of cool tem- 

 perature to secure free flowering in ViohZy as also seen in the green- 

 house cultivadon of pansies. Mrs. Britton called attendon to the 

 continuous summer blooming of V. tricolor in the cooler climate 

 of the Adirondacks and of the Alps. Mrs. Britton also reported 

 the collection at Lake Placid of Viola arenaria^ for the first time in 

 New York State. 



Wednesday Evening, October 26, 1898. 



The eveniner was one of severe and continuous rain and ten 

 persons only were present. 



In the absence of other officers Professor Underwood presided. 

 The resignations of Miss Amy Schiissler and of Mr. Wm. C. 



Witter w^ere accepted. 



Dr. Underwood was made chairman of a committee to make 



arrangements for courtesies to visiting botanists of the Society for 



Plant Morphology and Physiology at its approaching session at 



Columbia University, beginning December 2y. He was em- 



powered to select his associates on the committee and to report at 



the next meeting of the club. 



The scientific program consisted of a paper by Mr. W. A. 

 Bastedo on " The Pharmacology of Sassafras," read by title in the 

 absence of its author ; and a paper by Dr. N. L. Britton on " A 



