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Mr. Charles F. Doney, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Wash- 

 ington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected to associate member- 

 ship. 



Dr. Archer M. Huntington, 1 East 89th Street, New York, 

 was elected to life membership in the Club. 



The resignation of Miss Wellmer Pessels, 47 West 55th Street, 

 New York, was noted with regret. 



The auditing committee, composed of Mr. Henry de la 

 Montague and Dr. A. B. Stout, who called to their assistance Mr. 

 E. J. Countey, made the following report : Treasurer's books ex- 

 amined and found correct, January 30, 1940. Certain recommenda- 

 tions made by the Committee are in the hands of the President of 

 the Club. 



The President made the following announcements : 



(1) On March 6th at 4 p.m. Mr. Rutherford Piatt will show 

 colored pictures of autumn woods. This show will be held in the 

 McMillan Theater at Columbia University. 



(2) Dr. Harold N. Moldenke will receive contributions to a 

 fund to be used toward the purchase of a piece of land, Anthony's 

 Nose, for a memorial to the late Raymond H. Torrey. 



(3) At the next meeting of the Club Dr. Harold N. Moldenke 

 will speak on : "A Naturalist in Florida." 



The scientific program consisted of a talk on The Relation 

 Between the Sporophyte and Gametophyte in the Bryophytes, by 

 Dr. Harold C. Bold of Barnard College. 



The speaker's abstract follows : 



"Current accounts of the Morphology of the Bryophyta are in error in 

 minimizing the occurrence and importance of photosynthesis in the nutrition 

 of the sporophyte. It is apparently universal and begins at an early stage 

 continuing throughout the ontogeny of the sporophyte. Although this was 

 known over a hundred years ago its significance was not understood. It has 

 apparently been forgotten or overlooked because most modern studies are 

 based on the analysis of fixed and stained material. The Bryophyte sporophyte 

 is therefore largely "independent" of its gametophyte for carbohydrate nutri- 

 tion and is more properly described as "epiphytic" rather than as "parasitic." 

 The theories of antithetic alternation and progressive sterilization as applied 

 to the Bryophyta have been important factors in delaying recognition of the 

 occurrence of photosynthesis in the sporophytes of these plants. The homo- 

 logous theory of alternation of generations receives support from and is in 

 accord with these observations." 



