﻿Proceedings of the Club. 



Wednesday Evening, April 27, 1898. 



There were twenty two persons present. 



Dr. Underwood presided in the absence of other officers. 



Dr. Britton reported the inability of Mr. Clute and Prof. 

 Lloyd to serve longer on the Field Committee. On motion, the 

 Secretary, Mr. W. A. Bastedo, was elected Chairman of that 

 Committee for the remainder of the present year. Mr. Rydberg 

 and Miss Ingersoll were elected associate members of the Com- 

 mittee. 



The scientific program followed. 



The first paper, by Mr. Tracy E. Hazen, was entitled " Notes 



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forming a dull red incrustation on rock, and from which some of 

 his own cultures had been made. The paper, which will soon be 

 published, described the stages of its life history, and was illus- 

 trated by colored drawings. Discussion by Prof. Lloyd, Dr. 

 Townsend, Dr. Britton and others followed. The Secretary re- 

 ferred to a gathering of red snow made at the Crimson Cliffs of 

 North Greenland by the Peary party two years ago, which exhibits 

 a more brilliant red than the Hacmatococcus of our own neighbor- 

 hood. The Secretary arranged to put this Greenland material into 

 Mr. Hazen's hand for comparison. Mr. Hazen's own 

 here have been made near Fort Lee, in pools. 



The second paper, by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britton, was entitled 

 "An Account of the Mosses collected by Mr. Pierre Jay in Peru 

 and Bolivia in 1893." She exhibited about 60 sheets of these 

 mosses ; the specimens shown formed, however, only a small part 

 of the entire collection which includes many species of tropical 



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genera like Hookcria and J/< 



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Paz and Yungas and are largely species of high altitudes and ex- 

 posed localities. The Peruvian specimens were collected in the 



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