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sum not to exceed ($3.00) three dollars, to meet the expenses. Members 
will be entitled toa share in the distribution of specimens made in the 
early part of the year following that in which their subscriptions and 
parcels were sent. 
2. The annual list of desiderata will be made up by combining those 
of all the members of the club, and then be printed and sent to every 
member. Each individual list must not exceed a certain number of spe- | 
cies annually, for if unlimited the printed list would be too voluminous 
for practical use with our very extensive flora, at any rate for a number 
of years. The determination of the annual number of desiderata will 
require further consideration. - 
ome member will have to act as distributor each year, either vol- 
untarily, or, if no one is found willing to act without recompense, pro-— 
vision will have to be made for employing a distributor at a small salary. 
The plan as here outlined would not necessitate very much work, and it 
certainly would be of an interesting nature. The committee will be 
pleased to receive communications relative to this.! 
4 It will be necessary to adopt some one check-list as the official one 
of the club, and this must either be used in sending lists of desiderata by — 
marking the species desired, or if a reliable numbered check list can be 
procured, the list of numbers might be sent. This is also a question for 
further consideration. It has been the experience of the British Club that 
manuscript lists of desiderata should not be received. 
ach species should be represented by a number of specimens to 
be determined when the probable number of members shall be ascer- 
tained. It is not necessary to emphasize at this time the necessity for 
complete and satisfactory specimens being furnished, with appropriate 
labels. 
The British Club in 1886 had a membership of fifty-eight, and has 
been in successful operation for a number of years. It would seem cer- 
tain that at least an equal number of American botanists would consider 
it advantageous to join a similar organization. cor 
Suggestions regarding the matter here presented and applications 
for meibership should be sent to the chairman of the committee, Dr. 
George Vasey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C 
THE COMMITTEE. 
; Phacelia heterosperma.—Annual, a foot or less high, with erect 
branches, glandular and viscid, the foliage and inflorescence with sparse _ 
short and viscid hairs: leaves few on short petibles, ovate, an inch long, 
‘ith a few course angular teeth, or the basal ones nearly entire: flowers © 
im strict spiciiorm racemes, at length elongated and loose: corolla com- 
that rh; {seY. Writes that Commissioner Colman has consented, if it be deemed advisable. 
nical 
4nd distribution without expense to the m2mbers of the el 
Division of the Department of Agriculture take charge of the Sore ‘ 
ub. LL. B. 
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