&2 JOURNAL OF THE [April, 



The Corresponding Secretary, Mr. B. Braman, presented to 

 the Society cards of admission to, and programmes of the Pub- 

 lic Reception of the Brooklyn Microscopical Society, to be held 

 at the Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, on the evening of April 

 19, 1887. 



On motion it was resolved that the thanks of this Society be 

 tendered the Brooklyn Microscopical Society, for this kind 

 invitation to attend the said reception. 



Dr. Frank D. Skeel and Mr. Charles L. Tiffany were elected 

 Resident Members of the Society. 



Dr. N. L. Britton announced the proposed Thirty-sixth Meet- 

 ing of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, to be held in this city on the loth of August, proximo. 



On motion of Mr. B. Braman, it was resolved, that the request 

 of the New York Academy of Sciences, for the formation of a 

 Local Committee of Arrangements, for the reception of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, be 

 acceded to ; and that, to this end, the President of this Society 

 be requested to appoint delegates to represent the Society, at a 

 meeting of such committee, to be held on the evening of May 

 30th, at the Hotel Brunswick, in this city. 



The President appointed such delegates as follows : — P. H. 

 Dudley, F. W. Devoe, and C. E. Pellew ; and as substitutes, F, 

 W. Leggett, C. Van Brunt and A. A. Julien. 



On motion, it was resolved that the President be added to the 

 number of such delegates. 



The resignation of Resident Membership, by Dr. Frank 

 Odell was accepted. 



Dr. N. L Britton exhibited, Trichomes from leaf of American 

 Mistletoe, and remarked upon the abundance of chlorophyll 

 which was found, even in the pith of the plant. 



PROGRAMME OF OBJECTS ANNOUNCED FOR EXHIBITION. 



I. Sori (or fruit-dots) of Hemitelia horrida, from Jamaica, W. 

 I.: exhibited and described by Mr. E. B. Grove. 



The indusium (or involucre) in this fern takes the form of an 

 egg-shaped capsule, surrounding the sporangia (or spore cases), 

 opening at the summit at maturity to allow the expanding of 

 the sporangia. It resembles a small Hydra or a small Octopus : 



