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2. The Stigmas of Brunnichia. — The 
three authors mentioned above have also 
given a very misleading interpretation of the 
stigmas of the genus under consideration. 
Endlicher (Genera Plantarum, 310) de- 
scribes them as “Stigmata capitata, emar- 
ginata.” Bentham and Hooker (Genera 
Plantarum, 3: 103). say, “Styli 3.43 
apice capitato-stigmatosi,” and Baillon (Hist. 
Pl. rr: 393) gives, “Styli ramis 3, apice 
capitato stigmatoso.” Again, these erro- 
neous descriptions have been republished _ 
and convey a wrong idea. Here, too, — 
Banks was correct in saying (Gertn. Fr. et & 
Sem. 1: 214), “Stigmatibus bifidis.” This 
is the right interpretation, as the stigmas are simply two-cleft, a 
fact brought out by even a casual examination. This, too, I have 
confirmed by an examination of the specimens in the Colum- 
bia College Herbarium. 
The accompanying figures explain themselves. 
Joun K. SMALL. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31ST, 1894. 
The Rev. Mr. Lighthipe in the chair and thirty-five persons — 
present. athe 
Mr. Charles L. Pollard, of New York, and Mr. Morris - 
Leeds, of Philadelphia, were elected active members. oe. 
Upon motion by Dr. Rusby, the Section on Cryptogams: 
Committee on Local Flora, was requested to devise and submit to s 
the Club a plan for the Preparation of a check-list of North Amer 
ican Cryptogams, similar to that on Phanerogams authorized by 
the Rochester meeting of the A. A. A. S., and based upon the 
same rules of nomenclature, together with an estimate of the cost 
of the same, : Ae 
