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as Buda in Adanson’s “ Familles des Plantes,” but has prece- 
dence by a few lines, and is therefore to be adopted. 
Monpay, Avaust 21. 
The report of the Treasurer was received and accepted. It 
indicated a deficit of $6.16, which was made up by voluntary 
contributions. Professor A. 8. Hitchcock and Dr. Erwin F. 
Smith were appointed a committee to nominate officers for the 
next meeting of the Club. 
Discussion of the remainder of the report by the Committee 
on Nomenclature was postponed until Tuesday, and the 
matter was referred to the committee for reconsideration It 
consisted of recommendations relative to the time and method 
of publication of the list and to the maintenance of the original 
name in case of plants first published as varieties but subse- 
quently elevated to species, and of plants first published as 
Species but subsequently reduced to varieties. 
Mrs. Britton read a paper on “The Genus Bruchia in 
North America,” illustrated by specimens and drawings. The 
paper will be published in a future issue of the Bulletin. 
Mrs. Britton remarked also on the necessity of the exami- 
nation of types of critical species in the preparation of 
monographs or other works of reference. Professor Greene 
alluded to the method of certification of types and duplicate 
types adopted by him, by the statement of the place of publi- 
cation on the labels. Miss Harrison remarked on the 
identification of types in the National Herbarium. 
W. A. Kellerman stated that the original drawings of the 
plates of Sullivant’s “Icones Muscorum,” together with many 
of the specimens used in executing these drawings, had 
recently been incorporated with the bryological collections of 
the Ohio State University. 
A. 8. Hitchcock exhibited specimens of the recently- 
described Ampelopsis quinquefolia, var. vitacea, Knerr., and 
remarked on the relationship of the plant to the Virginia 
Creeper. He demonstrated the difference of leaves, tendrils, 
inflorencenes and canes, remarked on the difference in time 
of blooming, and maintained that they are specifically 
distinct. 
