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rains. Professor Lloyd further observed diurnal nutations and 

 nyctitropic movements in an amaranth growing near the Desert 

 Laboratory. Photographs were shown illustrating the observa- 

 tions commented upon. 



Dr. William A. Murrill spoke briefly of his collections of fungi 

 during the summer at Ohio Pyle, Pennsylvania, in the District 

 of Columbia, and in the Mt. Katahdin region of Maine, describ- 

 ing also some of his camping experiences in the Maine woods. 

 Dr. Murrill was impressed by the boreal character of the fleshy 

 fungi found about Mt. Katahdin, many of them recalling spe- 

 cies that he had collected in Sweden. 



President Rusby reported on a Torrey Club excursion to 

 Pompton Plains, New Jersey, where Capnoides fiavulnm was 

 among the rare plants obtained ; also on a club excursion to 

 Great Island, New Jersey. Great Island is a hummock of sand 

 surrounded by a salt marsh and lying between Newark and P>liza- 

 beth ; it has numerous interesting plants, some of them being 

 characteristic of the pine-barren flora of the region further south. 



Professor E. S. Burgess remarked upon his summer's visit to 

 the Pacific Coast. Collections and field studies of asters were 

 made in New Mexico, Arizona, California and Oregon. Mt. 

 Hood, Oregon, proved an especially interesting field. Asters 

 were found growing there in close proximity to snow and ice. 



Mrs. Britton alluded briefly to collecting experiences in Ber- 

 muda during September. Most of the species of ferns, mosses 

 and hepatics arc found there only in the " caves " or sink-holes. 

 Her collections indicate considerable additions to the list of 

 mosses published in the Report of the Challenger P^xpedition. 



Dr. J. H. Barnhart spoke of the International Botanical Con- 

 gress held at Vienna in June, which he attended as a delegate 

 from the New York Botanical Garden. 



Adjournment followed. 



Marshall A. Howe, 



Secretary pro fciii. 



