xii The Biological Socldy of Washinrjton. 



F. V. Coville : The Inflorescence of the Jiincacex. 



Theo. Hohn : Tlie Alpine Flora of Pikes Peak and Grays 

 Peak, in Colorado. 



C. L. Pollard : Some Farther Remarks on Britton and Brown's 

 Illustrated Flora. 



Under the head of Brief Notes — 



F. V. Coville exhibited an Indian bow made of Taxiis brevifoli.a. 



Theo. Holm showed a number of rare old books, and dis- 

 cussed the derivation of the generic name 'Macoitnastrum.'' 



December 5, 1896— 267th Meeting. 



Mr. L. 0. Howard, representative of the Joint Commission, in 

 the chair. 



Annual address of the President, Surgeon General George M. 

 Sternberg: The Malarial Parasite and other Pathogenic Pro- 

 tozoa. (Illustrated by lantern slides.) * 



December 19, 1896— 268th Meeting. 



(Seventeenth Annual Meeting.) 



Vice-President L. 0. Howard in the chair and twenty-nine 

 persons present. 



The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer for the year 

 1896 were presented, and officers for the year 1897 were elected 

 as follows : 



President: L. 0. Howard. 



Vice-Presidents: Richard Rathbun, C. D. Walcott, B. E. Fernow, 

 F. V. Coville. 



Recording Secretary : C. L. Pollard. 



Corresponding Secretary : F. A. Lucas. 



Treasurer: F. H. Knowlton. 



Additional Members of the Council: William H. Ashmead, Ed- 

 ward L. Greene, Ch. Wardell Stiles, F. W. True, M. B. Waite. 



The following standing committees were appointed by the 

 chair : 



On Communications : B. E. Fernow, chairman ; F. V. Coville, 

 M. B. Waite, E. A. De Schweinitz, W. H. Ashmead. 



On Publications: C. Hart Merriam, chairman ; T. S. Palmer, 

 F. H. Knowlton. 



* Public meeting in Builders' Exchange Hall, under the auspices of the 

 Joint Commission, followed by an informal reception and refreshments. 

 Several hundred persons were present. 



