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November 11. 

 The President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the chair. 

 Thirty-two persons present. 



The death of J. Aitken Meigs, M.D., a member, was announced. 



The following papers were presented for publication: 



"Reply to Dr. M. C. Cook's criticism of paper on Variability 

 of Sphreria Quercuum, Sz." By J. B. Ellis. 



"On a collection of Crustacea from Virginia, North Carolina, 

 and Florida, with a revision of the genera of Crangonidae and 

 Pahemonidae." By J. S. Kingsley. 



Correction to paper on Hyraceum. Dr. A. J. Parker called at- 

 tention to the fact that in the paper entitled " Note on Hyraceum," 

 Proc. A. N. S. Philad. 1879, p. 12, sulphydric acid should be sub- 

 stituted for sulphuric acid in fifth line from the bottom of the page. 



November 18. 



Mr. Meehan, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Twenty-three persons present. 



A paper entitled "On the Stratigraphical Evidence afforded by 

 the Tertiary Fossils of the Peninsula of Maryland." By Angelo 

 Heilprin, was presented for publication. 



On the Genus Garberia. At the meeting of the Botanical Sec- 

 tion, held on 10th inst., Mr. Redfield presented the following com- 

 munication from Dr. Asa Gray: 



" I wish to secure an opportunity which occurs to dedicate a 

 genus of plants peculiar to Florida to Dr. A. P. Garber, of Penn- 

 sylvania, who has done such good botanical service in his recent 

 faithful exploration of the southern portion of Florida. Among 

 the rest, he has rediscovered the interesting plant which will now 

 commemorate his name and services. This plant is the Liatris 

 fruticosa, of Nuttall, before collected only by Mr. Ware in scanty 

 specimens. In the Transactions of the American Philosophical 

 Society (N. Ser., vii. 285), Nuttall formed for it a subgenus, Lepto- 

 elinium. In the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences, xv. 48, issued only a. month ago, I raised this to 

 generic rank, in view of characters which need not here be reca- 



