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A paper entitled "Notes on White Mountain Willows, III," 



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by M. S. Bebb, was read by the editor. 



Dr. Newberry showed cones of Abies Engelmanni collected 

 by him in Colorado, and showed from many characters similar to 

 those in Abies Menziesii why he considered the two species very 

 closely allied if not identical. 



A package of plants from Fort Niobrara, collected by Dr. l. 

 E. Wilcox, was shown, and attention directed to the grass recently 

 named by Dr. Vasey. Panicttm VVilcoxianwn. 



Miss Cannon exhibited Clayionia Virgiiiica and Erytliro- 



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nitt7n Americaftiini in flower from High Bridge. 



The President appointed the following Field Committee: Dr. 

 H. H. Rusby, Mr. W. R. Mitchell, Miss L. M. Stabler, Mrs. N. 

 L- Britton and Miss Phcebe McCabe. 



At the adjourned meeting of April 24th the President occu- 

 pied the chair and thirty-one persons were present. 



The following Honorary Members were elected : Prof Henri 

 Baillon, Prof Alphonse de Candolle, Dr. Joseph D. Hooker, Dr. 

 C. J. Maximowicz and Dr. Julius Sachs. Miss Gertrude B. Pot- 

 tes was elected an Active Member and Dr. Richard Spruce a 

 Corresponding Member. 



Mrs. Britton read a letter from Bjorn Lindberg, stating that 

 his father's magnificent collection of mosses, 46,126 specimens in 

 number, was for sale to the highest bidder. 



The paper of the evening ** Midsummer Weeds and Wild 

 Flowers collected in Southern England, July-September, 1888, 

 was read by Mrs. Britton and illustrated by many herbarium 

 specimens. 



Dr. Newberry noticed the announcement in ''Nature "of a 

 n^w Rafflesia quite as showy as R, Ar?ioldi. 



Dr. Britton exhibited a curious seed from British Guiana, 

 Ophiocaryoii paradoxitm^ there called *' snake-nut/' because of 

 the prevalent belief among the natives that the coiled embryo on 

 falling to the ground was metamorphosed into one of the veno- 

 mous snakes so common In that region. The nut is found around 

 Dcmarara, and is yet a rarity among collectors, as it is said the 

 natives cannot be*induccd to approach the trees. 



