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Report of the Botanical Section. 



The officers of the Section are : Miss Florence Beckwith, 

 Chairman ; Mr. William Streeter, Vice-Chairman ; Mrs. J. H. 

 McGuiRE, Recorder. 



Twenty-three regular meetings were held during the year, and a 

 public meeting at Anderson Hall, University of Rochester, June 19, 

 1900. 



Buttercups were reported in blossom on January 7 ; Maples in 

 blossom April 6 ; Tussi/ago April 9 ; Hepaticas and Dandelions 

 April 15. 



Several specimens of Trillium g^-andijloriim Salisb. showing 

 peculiar variations were exhibited by Mr. F. W. Ross, In one the 

 petals were all green ; in another the petals were green but streaked 

 with white ; another had only a blossom on the stalk, no leaves ; and 

 another had leaves with long petioles. 



A Dandelion leaf twenty-one inches long and six inches wide was 

 exhibited by Miss Beck with. 



The following new plants were reported during the year : 



Draba verna L.; Solidago bicoloj^ L. var. concolorTovr, & Gray; 

 Bellis perennis L; Coreopsis tindoria Nutt. ; Pycnanthemum lini- 

 foliuni Pursh. 



.New stations were reported for the following rare or infrequent 

 plants : 



Strophostyles angtdosus Ell. ; Gmira biennis L. ; Mentha citrata 

 Ehrji. ; Raniinciibis flammula L. var. reptans E. Meyer ; Potentilla 

 palustris Scop. ; Peltandra undiUata Raf. 



The work of the year was almost entirely devoted to the study of 

 Lichens. Many specimens were examined and identified. 



Professor Charles Wright Dodge, Curator of Biology, 

 reported that the collections intrusted to his care are in good condi- 

 tion, and are displayed in the zoological collection of the University 

 of Rochester. There have been no accessions during the past year. 



Mr. C. J. Sarle, Curator in Geology, made an informal report, 

 and Miss Beckwith made a brief informal report for the Curator in 

 Botany, Mr. Fuller. 



Mr. E. Howard Eaton and Dr. W. D. Merrell were elected 

 Fellows of the Society, and Miss M. H. Harris an active member. 



