246 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Jan. 12, 



Chenopodium glaucum L. ; Pajiicum miliaceiiin L.; Helianthtis anmius 

 L. (introduced western form). 



New stations in Monroe County or adjacent territory, were 

 reported for the following rare and infrequent plants :^' 



Plantago patagonica Jacq. ; Equisetiim scirpoides Michx. ; Carex 

 iimbellata Schk. ; Pyrus arbiUifolia L, f. ; Cardaniine pratensis L. ; 

 Ophioglossiim vulgatmn L. ; Valeriana sylvatica Banks ; Calopogon 

 piilchellus R. Br. ; Eragrostis viajor' Host. ; Polymnia canadensis L. ; 

 Houstonia pnrp7irea L. ; Asplenijwi ebeneum Ait. ; Desniodiian ciliare 

 DC. ; Pogonia pendiila Lindl. ; Bartonia tenella Muhl. ; Aster aciivi- 

 inatus Michx. ; Solidago ohioensis Riddell ; Poterium Canadense 

 Benth. and Hook.; Pycna)ithemii))i lanceolatiim Pursh. ; Euonynius 

 atropurpurens Jacq. ; Cassandra calyculata Don. ; Picea nigra Link. ; 

 Salix viyrtilloides L . ; Vibnrnum cassinoides L. ; Habenaria lacera R. 

 Br. ; Equisetmn palustre L. ; Arabis perfoliata Lam. ; Sonchus arven- 

 sis L. ; Tussilago farfara L. ; Chrysanthemnm balsaviita L. var. 

 tanacetoides Boiss. ; Asperiila orientalis Boies. & Hohen. 



A specimen of Aster Icevis having white rays was found at the 

 University avenue dugway ; Gray's Botany reports a similar specimen 

 having been found at Fort Edward, Saratoga County, N. Y. , some 

 years since. 



Report of the Engineering Section. 



The Report of the Engineering Section, Mr. John F. Skinner, 

 Recorder, was read by Mr. E. A. Fisher, as follows : 



The Executive Committee of the Section of Engineering 

 beg leave to submit the following annual report. 



During the past year fifteen meetings have been held, eight at 

 the City Engineer's office and seven at the Reynolds Library. The 

 average attendance has been thirteen. Four new members have been 

 admitted, as follows : March 16, Geo. F. Chisom ; John H. 

 Finney; Daniel D. Tompkins. Nov. i6, George A. Hebard. 



At the Annual Meeting, January 21, 1896, the following officers 

 were elected : Robert Cartwright, Chairman ; E. A. Fisher, 

 ist Vice-Chairman ; Wm. F. Jordan, 2nd Vice-Chairman ; J. Y. 

 McClintock, Recorder. 



The Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen constitute the Executive 

 Committee. 



* The facts concernins; llie discovery of uew species of plants and of new stations will be 

 xiven in a list supplementary to the Plants of Monroe County, printed in this volume, pages 

 1-150. 



