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mously adopted A paper by Dn Tlios. Morong, on " First 



Glimpses of South American Vegetation/' was read by the Sec- 

 retary. 



The desirability of increasing the scope of the Club's publica- 

 tions was discussed, and authority was given the editors to in- 

 augurate a new series to be called " MEMOIRS," and to contain 

 papers too long for printing in the Bulletin. 



At the adjourned meeting of December 26th the Vice- 

 President was in the chair and 27 persons present. 



Mr. S. A. Briggs, Mr. E. A. Congdon, Miss Lena Rowley, 

 Miss Irene Halsted, Miss Louie R. Heller and Miss Helena D. 



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mented upon by Dr. Britton. Among them were the following 

 species not recorded in Mr. Frank Tweedy's Catalogue : 



Ranunculus alismcefolius, Geyer; Camelina sativa (L.), 

 Crantz ; Polygala paiicifolia, Willd., apparently not before re- 

 ported from the Rocky Mountain region and possibly not col- 

 lected quite within the confines of the park, but certainly very 

 near to them ; Dodecatheoti Jeffreyi, Moore, var. alpinum, Gray ; 

 Hydrophyllurn capitatum, Dougl.; Merteiisia ohlongifolia, Don ; 

 Lithospermwn angustifolium, Michx.; L. pilosum, Nutt.; Echin- 

 ospermum defexum, Lehm. ; Oxybaphus nyctagineus. Sweet; 

 Polygonum ramosissimum, Michx., and Carex Hoodii, Boott. 



Dr. Hall gave an interesting account of his trip and of the cir- 

 cumstances under which the plants were collected. 



Miss McCabe exhibited a bifurcated frond oi Aspidium acros- 

 tichoides, gathered from a plant which had produced similar 



fronds for the past seven years ; also specimens of Aster linarii- 

 fo litis in 1 



Miss 



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Clark showed Polygonmn articnlatum and Pogonia 



White Mountains 



