Botanical Meetings at Columbus, Aug. 17-25, 1899 505 



Rail, E. G. Bntton and L. M. Underwood. Professor Kellerman 

 exhibited a collection of mosses and drawings which had formerly 

 been the property of Mr. Schrader, who made the drawings for 

 Sullivant's Icones. Professor Underwood gave a brief account of 

 the study of the Hepaticae, illustrated by books and pamphlets. 

 The plates and specimens illustrating ten new species of hepatics 

 from California, described by Marshall A. Howe, were exhibited 

 by Professor F. E. Lloyd, who commended the morphological 

 value of Dr. Howe's work. 



Professor F. S. Earle read some notes on the moss flora of 

 Alabama by Dr. Charles Mohr. Dr. A. J. Grout sent a set of the 

 Bryoloo;ist and his revisions of the plcurocarpous mosses with 

 some suggestions for a more satisfactory classification of them 

 which were read by Mrs. Britton. Dr. George N. Best sent a set 

 of his publications and Dr. Barnes exhibited a set of those of 

 Renauld and Cardot and of Roll. Reports were received from 



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ter also sent a report and lists of books and specimens available 

 for study at the Academy of Natural Sciences. 



Among the specimens exhibited were several rare plants of 

 Ohio, Sullivantia Oldonis, Loiiiccra Sullivantii, Solidago Ohioiiis 

 and .S. RiddcUii, duplicates of which were distributed to all botan- 

 ists present who cared to have them. 



At the conclusion of the exercises Dr. C. E. Bessey offered a 

 resolution advocating the founding of a bryological scholarship in 

 memory of William S. Sullivant, and the resolution was accepted 

 unanimously by those present. 



