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now dried up, but did find a group of four Lace aria amethystina." Leader, 

 F. R. Lewis. Attendance 2. Temperature 95 in the shade. 



August 6. Southfields, N. Y. This trip was announced for April 16, 

 but rained out. It was hot and dry enough on this date ! Nevertheless, 82 lichens 

 species were reported, including Cladonia multiformis, which the leader had 

 found only once before in the region of New York City. Leader, G. G. Nearing. 

 Attendance 4. 



August 12. The New York Botanical Garden. The leader, B. O. 

 Dodge, and the one known participant failed to connect. Attendance might 

 have been 2. 



August 13. Tuxedo-Sloatsburg, N. Y. The walk to Daters Mt. Lost 

 Cabin was cut in half because of the heat. The fungi were reduced to nil be- 

 cause of the drought, except for a colony of Clitocybe illudens found on a log 

 near the end of the trip. Botrychium simplex and B. lanceolatum were unusual 

 discoveries. Leader, F. R. Lewis. Attendance 4. 



August 20. Sloatsburg, N. Y. The Stony Brook Trail was worked again 

 for lichens and fungi. Leader, G. G. Nearing. Attendance 13. 



August 27. Schunemunk Mt., N. Y. No official report received. Rumor 

 is, four well-satisfied participants. Leader, Alexander V. Tolstoouhov. 



September 3. Haskell, N. J. Lichens and early fall flowering plants were 

 observed in this region, but the report mentions no fungi. Leader, G. G. Near- 

 ing. Attendance 4. 



September 10. Hopewell, N. J. The scheduled leader failed to appear, but 

 good botanists were at hand, and so an interesting trip was reported neverthe- 

 less. The protracted drought had reduced the profusion of vegetation, as was 

 to be expected. Attendance 9. 



September 17. Richmond Valley, Staten Island. Because of illness, 

 Mr. W. T. Davis arranged for a substitute leader on this trip to study hybrid 

 oaks. A considerable variety of oaks dominates this woodland, including a num- 

 ber of hybrids, some with parentage appearing to be blackjack and willow oak, 

 others with one parent or both not obvious. The autumn season was apparent 

 by the coarse flowering plants making up the conspicuous part of the roadside 

 and field flora. Those reported as worthy of mention include : Solidago odor a 

 Ait., Eupatorium hyssopifolium L., and Tanacctum vulgare L. Plants re- 

 minding one of the pine barrens included the shrubby willow, Salix tristis Ait., 

 and Strophostyles helvola (L.) Britton. There was a conspicuous roadside 

 display of Ipomea pandurata (L.) Meyer with large, white, funnel-shaped 

 corollas. Leader, Charles Ericson. Attendance 12. 



