Proceedings of the Club 



Wednesday Evening, October 25, 1899 



Vice-President T. F. Allen in the chair; 38 persons present. 



One resignation was offered, that of Mr. Edward B. Miller, now 

 permanently removed to Woodland, Ulster Co. On motion of 

 Dr. Britton this resignation was accepted and the name transferred 

 to the list of corresponding members. 



The scientific program 



Dougal on u The Mycorhiza of Cephalanthera" describing the 

 general characters of this Pacific coast plant, with special reference 



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specimens in alcohol. Dr. 



MacDougal's specimens form probably the most complete ex- 



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matted hemlock roots and very difficult to get at. Discussion by 



Dr. Britton of the taxonomic relations of Cephalanthera followed. 



The second subject of the evening was " Notes on Ferns/' pre- 



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Among 



other interesting plants exhibited were some very large examples 

 of BotrycJiium lanceolatum, from the foot of Mt. Rainier, about a 



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in length. 



Mr. W. N. Clute spoke of finding Dryopteris Goldieana at Bed- 

 ford Park, and of continued discoveries of Dryopteris simulata, 

 usually in company with Woodwardia areolata. 



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very different sur- 



roundings, and called attention to its distinctly blue-green col- 

 oring. 



Mr. Clute reported a new station for Sckizaea pusilla at Allen's 

 Bridge, N. J., on the east branch of the Wading River, in quantity, 

 observed last July. The sporophylls of last year were then still re- 

 maining on the plant. Sterile leaves were coiling about neigh- 

 boring stems as if with a trace of the climbing habit of its relative 

 Lygodium. This coiling tendency has occasioned the name of 

 curly-grass, which was found in use in New Jersey for Schizaea. 



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