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brous. J. gvatioloides is usually strictly upright, with sessile, mostly 
entire leaves, the lower usually connate, pedicels solitary, filiform 
and much exceeding the leaves, sometimes even 36 mm. long, and 
has calyx lobes shorter than the capsules. B. F. Busu. 
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
TuEspay EvEninG, OCTOBER 9TH, 1894. 
Dr. Britton presiding and 26 persons present. 
The following were elected active members; Miss Mary Fos- 
ter, New York City; Miss Luella A. Palmer, New York City; 
Miss L. K. Lawall, New York City; Mr. Paul Schoeder, Hobo- 
ken, New Jersey ; Mr. Edw. W. Berry, Passaic, New Jersey. 
Prof. Dr. Alfred Cogniaux ef Verviers, Belgium, was elected an 
honorary member. ‘ 
The Committee on Cooperation of the Scientific Alliance with 
the Brooklyn Institute, for entertaining the A. A. A. S. at its 
Brooklyn meeting, reported that the Local Committee of Arrange- 
Ments had requested that no demonstration be made in this city, 
but that all unite in making a success of the undertakings in 
Brooklyn, and that this request had been complied with. 
It was unanimously resolved that the Curators request the 
College of Pharmacy of the City of New York to permit the local i 
herbarium of the Club to be deposited in the herbarium room of 
is the new College of Pharmacy building, and to allow the members © 
e of the Club access thereto, the College in return being permitted 
to use the Club herbarium. 
__ The Secretary reported a request from Prof. Dr. Rees of 
us Erlangen for specimens of American plants in the families 
Scrophulariacex, Gentianacez, Plantaginacez and Liliacee, which 
Prof. Rees is engaged in monographing, and announced that he 
Would forward to Prof. Rees any such specimens which might be 
Sent to him. bs 
: Dr. Britton announced the death of ‘Mrs. Maria L. Daly, and © ae 
_ culogized the high services which she had rendered the causeof 
