﻿Botanical Meetings in Boston, August 19-27, 1898 551 



9. A Fossil Moss from the State of Washington. By Mrs. 



E. G. Britton and Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

 President, Prof. L. M. Underwood : Vice-President, Dr. B. L 

 Robinson ; Treasurer, Dr. Arthur Hollick ; Secretary, Prof. Geo. 



F. Atkinson ; Councillors, Prof. C. E. Bessey and Dr. W. P. Wil- 

 son. 



TITLES OF PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SECTION OF BOTANY, A.A.A.S., BOSTON MEETING 



(FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY). 



W. G. Farlow, Cambridge, Mass., Vice-President ; Erwin F. 

 Smith, Washington, D. C, Secretary. 



Address by Vice-President Farlow. Subject : " The Concep- 

 tion of Species as affected by Recent Investigations on Fungi." 

 Other papers were read as follows : 



1. The Carposporic Type of Reproduction of Rhodophyceae. 

 By Bradley M. Davis, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



2. The Comparative Anatomy of the Pistils of Apocarpous 

 Families. By Ernst A. Bessey, Lincoln, Nebraska. (Abstract by 

 Secretary.) 



3. Origin and Homologies of Blepharoplasts. By Herbert J. 

 Webber, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



4. The Blepharoplast in the Spermatogenesis of Marsilea. By 

 W. R. Shaw. 



5. Observations on the Relative Moisture Content of Fruit 

 Trees in Winter and in Summer. By C. S. Crandall, Fort Collins, 

 CoL (Abstract by Secretary.) 



6. Some Investigations bearing upon the Symbiotic Mycoplasm 

 Theory of Grain Rust. By Henry L. Bolley, North Dakota Ex- 

 periment Station, Fargo, N. Dak. 



7. Starch Distribution as Affected by Fungi. By Byron D. 

 Halsted, New Jersey State Exp. Station. 



8. Some Examples illustrating Modes of Seed Dispersion. 



By W. J. Beal. 



9. The Effect of an Atmosphere of Ether upon Seeds and 

 Spores. By C. O. Townsend, Maryland Agricultural College. 



10. The Toxic Action of a certain Group of Compounds. 

 By Rodney H. True, University of Wisconsin. 



