Volume 40 November-December, 1940 Number 6 



TORREYA 



A Bi-MoNTHLY Journal of Botanical Notes and News 



EDITED FOR 



THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



BY 



GEORGE T. HASTINGS 



John Torrey, 1796-1873 



CONTENTS 



Marine Algae from Long Island Wm. Randolph Taylor 185 



Supplementary Notes on Acorus and Arabis Roland M. Harper 196 



Guide to the Lichens of the New York Area — Part 8 G. G. Nearing 198 



Forty Years of Torreya 206 



Book Reviews 



Meyer and Anderson, Plant Physiology Ralph C. Benedict 208 



Preston's Rocky Mountain Trees Arthur Harmount Graves 210 



Fischer's The Flower Family Album George T. Hastings 212 



Field Trips of the Club 213 



News Notes 218 



Dates of Publication of ToRREVA in 1940 220 



Index to Torreya, Volume 40 221 



Published for the Club 



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Entered as second class matter at the post office at Burlington, Vermont, 

 October 14, 1939, under the Act of March 3, 1879 



