1888. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 235 
Mr. D. H. Campbell spoke of the germination of Mar- 
siliaEgyptiaca. Of spores from herbarium specimens eleven 
prothallium 
the office of Vice-President, and nominated B. D. Halsted, 
of Ames, Iowa. The report was adopted and the officers 
cted. 
Dr. Vasey sent to the club a report of progress of the 
Botanical Exchange Club. (See p. 240. ee 
TuEspay, 9 a. M.—W. R. Lazenby spoke of the flora of 
Ohio, referring chiefly to that of Franklin county, which 3 
sia 714 Phanerogams, and not a single Ericad. 
where affected is three times as thick as elsewhere. In wheat 
€ epidermal cells are often enlarged and ruptured. Con- : 
tents of cells show chlorophyll bodies decomposed. He re-_ 
to the changes in the grain. we 
- B. Waite spoke of changes iri the fungus flora n 
Champaign, Il. ae 
-J- Beal gave an account of the flowering plants s 
Northern Michigan. 
Abstracts of the botanical papers read before gear Fo : 
A.A. A.S., at the 37th meeting, Cleveland, Aug. 15-22, ay | 
A plea Sor uniformity in biological nomenclature: by NN. de s 
Brirron, 
; inomial citation ot 
W of priority in the binomial and trinomial citatio 
Tgani 
. * +) id : t 
th a Paper cites the discrepancies in the application 0 
ela 
