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fessor E. W. Hilgard; "An Account of the Life History of 



Puccinia Epilobii," "The Tubercles on the Roots of Legu- 



minosae," "A Recent Idea in Comparative Morphology," by 



Marshall A. Howe; "Types of Forest Scenery," "Stray Notes 



on Plaufc Collecting," by F. T. Bioletti; "History of the 



Genus Scirpus," "Goethe's Contributions to Comparative 



Morphology," by S. C. Holmes; "The Spoken Language of 



Botany," by C. Michener; "Plant Collecting in Lassen 



County," by M. S. Baker. Some of these papers have been 



published in Erythea and others will find place hereafter. 



The past Presidents in the order of election have been as 



follows : Willis L. Jepson, Professor Greene, Marshall A. 

 Howe. 



At the annual meeting, held August 28, W. C. Blasdale 

 was elected President for the ensuing University year, and 

 3. Burtt Davy, Secretary. The club meets during the Uni- 

 versity terms on alternate Thursdays.— W. L. J. 



Evolution of the HEPATiciE.— The September number 

 of the Botanical Gazette has for its leadiug article " The 

 Evolution of the Hepaticse," Prof. L. M. Underwood's Vice- 

 Presidential address before Section G of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. After char- 

 acterizing the various breeds of botanists in a mildly 

 satirical fashion, Prof. Underwood presents an interesting^ 

 discussion of the internal relationships of the Hepatic^ and 

 their points of contact with the higher and lower groups of 

 plants. He points out the unsatisfactory nature of the 

 present division of the brjophytes into Musci and Hepatic* 

 as co-ordmate classes and suggests that a rearrangement will 

 soon become necessary. Five families of Hepaticaj are 



the 



Metzger 



including those members of the old family Jungerman- 

 laceae "m which the archegone is distinctly a lateral 

 development."— M. A. H. 



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