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house on the Smiley farm back of the Hudson River 
Driving Park. The next nearest locality is Pine Plains, 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Botrychium ternatum, Swz.—Rare on dry shaded 
ground. 
Botrychium ternatum, var obliquum, Muhl.—Common 
in dry fields. 
Botrychium ternatum, var dissectum, Gray.—Common 
in dry fields. 
Botrychium Virginianum, Swz.—Common in damp 
woods. 
The total number of species and varieties listed is 43. 
Of this number, one Aspidium acrostichoides incisum is 
not constant. Oneother Phegopteris dryopteris has had 
its locality destroyed. Three, Aspleniwm montanum, 
A. Bradleyiand A. viridis are found only on the Shaw- 
angunk Mts., 15 miles west of Poughkeepsie. The re- 
maining 39 species and varieties are all found within a 
radius of three miles of Poughkeepsie. 
JANUARY 10, 1890—-SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGULAR MEETING. 
Edward Elsworth, chairman, presiding ; seven mem- 
bers and thirty guests present. 
W. G. Stevenson, M.D., read a paper on ‘‘ The Imagi- 
nation.”’ 
JANUARY 28, 1890.—SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGULAR MEETING. 
Edward Elsworth, chairman, presiding ; eleven mem- 
bers and about thirty guests present. 
_ The following paper was read by Charles B. Warring, 
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