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folia, Wang.; Hahenaria hlephariglottis (Willd.), Torr.; Xyris 



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Carolhitana, Walt.; Potainogeton grainmetis^ L.; P. paucijlorus^ 

 Pursh ; Eriophortnn gracile^ Koch, and Aspiditim Boottiiy 

 Tuckerm., the last named new to the local flora. 



The adjourned meeting was held Wednesday evening, March 

 27, the Vice-President in the chair and twenty-two persons 

 present, 



Mr. Herman J. Muller was elected an Active Member and 

 the following were elected Corresponding Members : Dr. J. 

 Schneck, Prof. Isaac Sprague, Prof. J, Giovanni Briosi and Miss 

 Effie Southworth. 



The committee on Cryptogamic Botany presented notes and 

 specimens illustrating recent Bryological studies. The anatomy 

 of a moss was illustrated and described by Mr. Jelliffe; Miss 

 Steele showed a large number of specimens illustrating the local 

 moss flora, and Mrs. Britton showed some of ihe rare mosses col-* 

 lected in Idaho by Mr. J. B. Leiberg, HypJiiim megaptilumy Ant- 

 sothecmm Grevillei, Catharinea Selwyni^ Hypnum {Thamnium) 

 Leibergii, n. sp. and Grimmia torqiiata in fruit ! 



Miss Cannon exhibited flowering specimens of Dicentra Cu- 

 ciillaria collected March 27th at High Bridge, New York, and 

 other indications of the forward state of vegetation were given by 

 several members. 



Miss Rich exhibited branches of the common Alder, Alnus 

 serriilata in pistillate flower only, from Yonkers, New York, and 

 stated that many bushes bearing only pistillate catkins had been 

 ■observed in that vicinity this spring, indicating a tendency to- 



wards dioecism in the species. r/ //•> 



