Proceedings of the Club 



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Tuesday Evkmng, April ii, 1899 



President Brown in tlie chair, 33 present. 



An invitation was extended to Club members to be present at 

 the tea given by the Barnard Botanical Club from 4 to 6 p. m., 

 April 2Sth, at Barnard l^otanical Laboratory. On motion, the 

 club sent its accej^tance with thanks, throuc^h the secretary. 



Another invitation was i)rcscnted, from the Washington Bo- 

 tanical Club, and seeking a joint Decoration Day excursion at 

 Washington. On account of distance and the date of the holiday 

 in the week, it was not deemed possible to accept as a club, but it 

 was recommended that those attend as indi\-iduals whose enn-a^e- 



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ments may permit. On motion, the thanks of the club were trans- 

 mitted through the secretary. 



Another invitation was discussed favorably as within practicable 

 distance, being that of the Philadelphia Botanical Club, asking that 

 the Torrcy Club join in a Decoration Day excursion to Tullytown. 



One new member was elected on nomination of Dr. Rusby : 



Dr. Jerome B. Thomas, Jr., Irving St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The first paper, by Mr. luigcne P. Bicknell, on "Our Blue- 

 c)-ed Grasses," described the character and habits of five local 

 species of Sisynnchiuiii occurring within the hundred-mile limit. 

 Three of these were distinguished by Mr. Bicknell three years ago 

 in an article in the Bulletin. More recently he has re-discovered 

 the obscure .S". vntcronatuui Michaux, which seems to be a rather 

 local species. It imparted to the meadows a beautiful blue as seen 

 during an excursion of the Torrcy Club to Bushkill, Pa., in 1898. 

 ■ Mr. Nash said that three of these species are growing at the 

 New York Botanical Garden side b}- side in the same soil and 

 conditions ; and each continues clcariy distinct. 



The second i)aper, b}- Dr. X. L. Britton, was entitled " Notes 

 on North American Cyperaccae," and was accompanied by the ex- 

 hibition of sheets .showing numerous critical species. The distri- 

 bution of Fiiiihristylis castaiwa, which grows both in Atlantic salt 

 marshes and in the interior, was remarked upon. A number of 



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