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Himalayas: Kalmia Utifolia, the mountain laurel; and K angusti- 

 folia commonly known as lamb kill or sheep laurel; Leucothoe cates- 

 with racemes of white flowers; Eubotrys racemosa, a coastal swamp 

 plant • Pieris floribunda, an evergreen shrub of the Southern States; 

 P jdpmica, with long pendant racemes of white flowers; Neopiens 

 nitida; Epigaea repens, the trailing arbutus or mayflower; Gaultheria 

 procumbens, the aromatic wintergreen ; and Pernettya mucronata, from 

 the Magellan region. Among the heaths are Calluna vulgaris, the 

 heather of Scotland; Daboecia polifolia, Irish heather; various 

 species of heath from Europe and the Cape of Good Hope; Gaylus- 

 sacia dumosa, the dwarf huckleberry; G. frondosa, the dangleberry; 

 G. ursina, the bear huckleberry of the southern mountains; Pohjco- 

 dium stamineum, the squaw huckleberry or deer berry; Vacnnium 

 membranaceum; V. parvifolium, the red fruited whortleberry of the 

 northwest coast; V. reticulatum, the "ohelo" of Hawaii; V. myrsmites, 

 the evergreen blueberry of Florida; V. vacillans; V. corymbosum, the 

 high blueberry; V. pallidum; V. hirsutum; V. erythrocarpum, of the 

 Alleghenv Mountains; V. vitis-idaea, a circumpolar evergreen species; 

 V. canadense; V. angustifolium; V. nigrum; V. simulatum; V. atro- 

 coccum; V. ovatum, of the Pacific coast; and V. ciliatum, the Japanese 

 species. In addition to these species of Vaccinium there are also 

 hybrids between several species. The list also includes Oxijcoccus 

 macrocarpus, the large American cranberry; Arbutus unedo, the Medi- 

 terranean madrono or strawberry tree; A. canariensis, with large edible 

 fruit, from the Canary Islands; A. arizonica, from Arizona; and A. 

 menziesii from the Pacific coast of North America. 



The Rubiaceae are represented by the partridge berry, Mitchella 

 repens; the Empetraceae by the circumpolar crowberry, Empetrum 

 nigrum; and the Galacaceae by the well known evergreen Galax aphylla 

 of our southern woods. 



In addition to these may be mentioned a handsome gentian of the 

 pine barrens, Gentiana porphyria, with flowers two inches in diameter; 

 a dwarf fern, Schizaea pusilla; several species of Sphagnum, including 

 S. cymbifolium; and two exotic plants with exquisitely fragrant flow- 

 ers, Daphne odora from India, and D. blagayana from the Balkan region. 



W. E. Safford, Corresponding Secretary. 



THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 563rd meeting of the Biological Society of Washington was 

 held at the Cosmos Club, Saturday, January 13, 1917; called to order 

 by President Hay at 8 p.m. with 45 persons in attendance. 



On recommendation of the council Dr. George W. Field, of the 

 Biological Survey, was elected to membership. 



President Hay announced as Committee on Publications: C. W. 

 Richmond, J. H. Riley, Ned Dearborn, W. L. McAtee; and as 

 Committee on Communications: William Palmer, Alex. Wetmore, 

 R. E. Coker, L. 0. Howard, A. S. Hitchcock. 



