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Mr. Griggs reported that he and Mr. Tyler had procured a set of 

 two great horned owl's eggs from an old hawk's nest in a beech tree 

 north of the city, on March 4th. 



The paper of the evening was given by Professor Osborn on " The 

 Naples Zo5logical Station." The paper was illustrated by lantern 

 and many views of historic places in Europe were given. Naples 

 and the surrounding country with Vesuvius, Pompeii and other 

 points of natural or historic interest were shown in a series of fine 

 views from photographs. The station building with the beautiful 

 grounds surrounding it appeared in several of the views. The 

 speaker dwelt at some length on the opportunities given investiga- 

 tors, the methods of work, equipment in laboratories and library, 

 and the cordiality of the staff in charge, and expressed the hope that 

 many of the students in his hearing might at some future time 

 •enjoy the privileges of a sojourn at the station. 



Mr.'Modesta Quiroga was elected to membership. 



J AS. S. HiNE, Secretary. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



In the present number of the Naturalist is published some of 

 the work done last summer at the Lake Laboratory, located at San- 

 dusky, O. For the announcement for the summer of 1901, or any 

 other information, address Herbert Osborn, Director, Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, O. 



Special Papers No. 3, Ohio State Academy of Science, has been 

 distributed. This paper deals with "The Preglacial Drainage of 

 Ohio," and the authors are W. G. Tight, Granville, J. A. Bownocker, 

 •Columbus, J. H. Todd, Wooster, and Gerard Fowke, Chillicothe. 

 The paper is a neat pamphlet of seventy-five pages, with a number 

 of maps and half-tones. 



Referring to Burglehaus' note onSyndesmon (Ohio Naturalist, 

 1:72), I may say that I have a number of specimens from Eastern 

 Kansas, all of which have sessile involucral leaves. Some of the 

 specimens in the Ohio State Herbarium liave sessile leaves, while 

 others have involucral leaves with petioles one inch or less in length. 

 That there can be no mistake in the interpretation of what is supposed 

 •to constitute an involucral leaf is shown from the following statement 

 in Britton and Brown's Flora, 2: 50:—" Involucre of three compound 

 sessile leaves; leaflets stalked." Mr. S. E. Horlacher, of Dayton, 

 Ohio, writes that all tlie specimens in his herbarium agree with the 

 Flora in having sessile involucral leaves. There may be several 

 forms of Syndesmon distinct enough to designate as varieties; there 

 as at least a large amount of variation. 



J. H. SCHAFFNEB. 



