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but that it was for a long time doubted whether it could possibly 
have been found there, Dr. Gray and others supposing that the 
locality must have been a mistake, and that the specimens must 
have come from New Jersey. This discovery completely settles 
that question, and makes it evident that it is only those who know 
what to look for will find this fern, and that it will be found in 
intermediate stations between Nova Scotia and New Jersey, along 
the coast of New England, possibly on Long Island. 
Mr. Karl M. Weigand presented the following notes on the 
genus Loschniakia. Specimens of Boschniakia recently received 
from Tacoma were found not to agree at all well with the existing 
characterization of this genus as given in the Synoptical Flora. 
This led to an examination of all the herbarium material at hand, 
with the following results: It was found, in the first place, that 
instead of being “ ebracteolate” all members of the strobilacea group 
have some or all of the flowers subtended by two subulate bractlets, 
and, instead of « calyx truncate behind and with three teeth in 
front,” two teeth only were found in the above mentioned group and 
these were always lateral. The subdivisions found in the Synop- 
tical Flora are also unjustifiable. In the strobilacea group the 
calyx-teeth are not longer than the tube, and not always subulate; 
the scales are not always obtuse, and the placentae in one case 
were found to be three instead of four. Specimens of B. g/adra, 
the species on which the genus was founded, on the other hand, 
agree exactly both with the generic description and with the sec- 
tions, and it seems, therefore, as if the characterization had not 
been properly changed in the addition of subsequent species. J. 
Hookeri is probably not distinct from BZ. strobilacea, as Dr. Gray 
Suggested in Proc. Amer. Acad. in 1887. Although not a suffi- 
ciently large number of specimens have so far been examined to 
warrant definite conclusions, it seems certain that this genus is in 
need of a thorough revision, and it is thought desirable to call at- 
tention to the above noted discrepancies for the purpose of drawing 
Criticism from others. 
WEpneEspay, AUGUST 26TH. AFTERNOON, 
The committee on nomenclature submitted the following re- 
port: 
