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In hillside fields to the west of the forest were great masses 

 of two members of the figwort family, the wood betony, Pedi- 

 cularis canadensis, some plants with deep, red flowers and red 

 tinged leaves, others with pale yellow flowers and bright green 

 leaves, and standing above them the brilliant painted cup or 

 Indian paint brush, Castilleja coccinia, with scarlet tipped 

 bracts below the greenish flowers. 



In the same field three Vacciniums, pennsylvanicum, vacil- 

 lans, and corymbosum and two Gaylussacias, baccata and fron- 

 dosa, were in bloom. 



At the Sunday dinner Professor Oliver P. Medsger told of 

 the first Branchville Nature Outing which he organized in May, 

 1925. In the lobby of the inn a list of the plants collected on that 

 first field trip was posted, the list was prepared by Dr. Gleason 

 and Professor Medsger. Profesor Medsger spoke of the interest 

 in plants shown by Mr. Stephen R. Smith who joined the Tor- 

 rey Club in 1925 and arranged for the accommodations of the 

 Club on these nature outings. Since the death of Mr. Smith in 

 1937, Mrs. Smith has continued the arrangements for the com- 

 fort of those attending the conference. As in other years those 

 attending found nothing left undone that might contribute to 

 the success of the occasion. The thanks of the Club are extended 

 to Mrs. Smith and to Mr. Wallace Husk, business manager of 

 the Pines. 



George T, Hastings 



A Correction 



When the writer (Torreya 39: 6. 1939) recently listed Alys- 

 sum gemonense Linn, from Oneida Co., N. Y., he overlooked 

 the earlier name, A. petraeum Arduini. The nomenclatorial cita- 

 tion should have read: Alyssum petraeum Arduini, Animadvers. 

 botan. spec. alt. p. 30. pi. 14, 1764. {A. gemonense L. Mantissa 

 plant, p. 92. 1767. A. medium Host. Fl. Austr. 2: 244. 1831). 



Robert T. Clausen 



