364 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
first memorial of the committee, at once appointed Mr, Scribner, of Girard Col- 
lege, well known as an accurate botanist, to devote his whole time to this kind 
of work. The committee then sent Mr. Scribner the assurance of their cooper- 
ation in developing this new feature of the Department. Commissioner Colman 
has since shown in many ways his belief in the value of the work proposed by 
the committee, and his determination to prosecute it as fully as circumstances 
will permit. The committee, which consisted of seven members, was found 2 
be unwieldy, and the desirability of having at least one member a resident 0 
Washington was urged. For these reasons it was reorganized, and the pitgst 
ing members selected for the coming year: J. C. Arthur, of Geneva, N. Y.; ©. 
E. Bessey, of Lincoln, Neb.; W. G, Farlow, of Cambridge, Mass.; T. J. Burrills 
of Champaign, Ill.; and ©. V. Riley, of Washington, D. C. 
The Botanical Club adopted a resoluti pporting C i 
in this work, and offering to exert their influence with their respective Con- 
Colman 
difficulty, however, in securing its passage at the coming session, thus pe ‘o 
ting herbarium specimens, accompanied with the usual label, whether — 
or printed, to go at fourth class rates of postage. The committee, consisting © 
L. F. Ward, Geo. Vasey, and J. W. Chickering, was continued. 
The action of the club in regard to the relationship of the botanists of the 
country to the national herbarium is given elsewhere in the account of proceed- 
ings of the club. 
e discussion of the highly important subject of a uniform nomenclature 
of English names of plant diseases and of disease producing fungi has also bees 
given in the proceedings of the club, The committee to investigate the subject 
. is composed of J. C. Arthur, W. G. Farlow and W. Trelease. 
Plants of the Greely Expedition.’—List of plants collected in the sum- 
mer of 1882 and 1883, by Lieut. A. W. Greely and members of the L. F. - 
Expedition, in the vicinity of Fort Conger, Grinnell Land, situated in lat. 81 
44’ N., long. 64° 45’ W.: 
is Linn : 
5. Braya alpina Sternb. var. labella. (B. rascens R. Br.) : 
ica Rich, Sea coast is 1,000 ft. alt. The largest specimeD 
4 in. high and 5 sore 6 to 7 in. wide. 
7. Parrya arenicola ook. £.? j 
8. Eutrema Edwardsii R. Br. 
tiiaatincinapaininitainsiiaanetAO 
kg 1 tt before the Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S., at the Ann Arbor meeting, 
