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Titles of the papers read are as follows: 
«A Case of Ecblastesis and Axial Prolification in Lepedium 
apetalum,’ by B. 1. Robinson. 
“Movement of Protoplasm in coenocytic Hyphae,’ by J. C. 
Arthur. 
“The Pollen Grain and the Antipodal Region,’ by John M. 
Coulter. 
« The Transition Region in the Caryophyllales,” by Frederick 
FE, Clements, presented by Prof. C. E. Bessey. 
«A Revision of the Species of Picea occurring in Northeastern 
North America,” by D. P. Penhallow. 
: « Account of a recent Visit to the Island of Jamaica, and a 
Discussion of the Availability of that Island as a Location for a 
proposed Botanical Laboratory,” by D. T. MacDougal and D. H. 
Campbell. 
« Spermatozoids in Zamia,” by H. J. Webber (by invitation of © 
the Council). 
“ Bibliographical Difficulties,’ by Edward L. Greene. 
Officers for the next year were elected as follows: President, 
N. L, Britton ; Vice-President, J. C. Arthur; Secretary, Charles R. © 
Barnes; Treasurer, Arthur Hollick; Councillors, B. L. Robinson, 
F. V. Coville. It was resolved that the next meeting be held in 
Boston, Mass., in August, 1898. 
Titles of Papers read before the Section of Botany, A. A. A. Sy 
Detroit Meeting, August, 1897. 
The Section organized with Prof. G. F. Atkinson, Vice: Presi- 
dent, in the chair, and Prof. F. C. Newcombe, Secretary. 
Trillium grandifiorum (Michx.) Salisb.; its Variations, normal — 
and teratological. By Prof. Charles A. Davis, Alma College, 
Alma, Mich. = 
A Discussion of the Structural Characters of the Order Pezi- 
zinae of Schroeter. By Dr. E. J. Durand, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y. (By title.) 
The Taxonomic Value of Fruit Characters in the Genus Ga- 
tum. By K. E. Wiegand, Cornell athe Ithaca, N. Y. Bae. | 
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