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TurspAy Eveninc, NOVEMBER 27TH, 1894. 
Dr. Britton in the chair. 
Mr. L. S. Livingston, 22 East 16th Street, New ‘York City, | 
was elected an active member. 
The Finarfce Committee reported in favor of investing the 
Buchanan bequest in a savings bank. Upon motionit was unani- 
mously resolved that the report be accepted and approved and | i 
that the Treasurer be empowered to make such investment ina 
savings bank of his selection. na 
The announced papers of the evening were then read: s 
1. By Dr. Emily L. Gregory, “ Notes on Plant Physiology in — 
German Laboratories.” i : 
2. By Dr. Albert Schneider, “« Notes on some Lichens of ~ 
Eastern North America.” In connection with the latter paper 
Dr. Schneider offered some interesting’ suggestions, based upon ; 
his own observations, concerning “ Accidental Symbiosis” and 
concerning the development of chlorophyll bodies. 
Dr. Britton exhibited specimens of Chenopodium album L. and 
C. viride L., commenting on the general distribution of the former 
westward and of the latter in the east, and calling attention to the 
difference in the time of flowering of the two species when they 
grow together. He requested that observations be made and 
notes communicated bearing upon the specific distinctness of the 
_ two forms. Discussing this paper Dr. Rusby called attention . 
_ the close similarity between C. album and C. Quinoa when found 
growing wild together in the Andean region. . oo 
Reviews. 
__ Contributions to Lichenology.*—Part I. of Reinke’s contributions 
treats of the podetium of Cladonia. It is essentially a criticism © 
Krabbe’s monograph of Cladonia. Krabbe maintains that tir 
podetium is the fruit (Frucht) of Cladonia, whether it be sterile oF 
fertile. Reinke takes objection to this view, maintaining that @ 
_ podetia are functially thalloid, hence assimilative and not rept Cue 
tive. They are considered to be peculiarly modified port 
pa Share ae Flechten von J. Reinke in Kiel. Pringsheim 
