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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Wednesday, March 26, 1902 



The meeting was held at the Botanical Garden ; Dr. M. A. 

 Howe in the chair, twenty-one persons present. 



One election to active membership was made, that of Mr. Ivar 

 Tidestrom, 129 East 24th Street, N. Y. 



The first paper was by Dr. L. M. Underwood, entitled " Notes 

 on Goniopteris." Distinguishing features of allied genera, found 

 in the venation and in the form of the indusium, were illustrated 

 by figures. Nine species were mentioned, chiefly of the West 

 Indies ; including G. reptans and G. tetragona of Florida, and 

 species recently collected in Porto Rico and in St. Kitts. 



The second paper was by Dr. M. A. Howe, under the title of 

 " Notes on the Marine Flora of Nova Scotia and Newfound- 

 land." Numerous examples were exhibited, illustrating espe- 

 cially the larger Phaeosporeae, including large rolls of dried 

 Laminaria, rock-specimens bearing crustaceous species, and 

 many others preserved in jars or by mounting on sheets. 

 Among noteworthy species or forms found were Fucus serratus 

 and a Stypocaulon at Pictou, this being the first collection of the 

 genus Stypocaulon in North America. Examples were shown of 

 Laminaria longicruris and L. platymeris from the Newfoundland 

 coast, whence De la Pylaie first described them. Interesting 

 specimens of Agar um, Alaria, Porphyra, Gloiosiphonia, etc., were 

 exhibited ; the Agarum from a deep tide-pool near Digby 

 covered by 30 feet of water at high tide. Corallines attain great 

 beauty in these northern waters, and with the attendant brown 

 rockweeds and lustrous kelps lend great richness and diversity 

 of color. The dulse gatherers were found to distinguish and 

 prefer the dulse growing on Laminaria to that attached to rocks. 

 Dulse gathering in some parts of Nova Scotia forms a business 

 of considerable importance ; the dried dulse is put up in barrels 

 to be sold in Boston and latterly in New York. 



A third communication by Dr. MacDougal consisted of the 

 exhibition and discussion of a specimen of Ephedra, one of two 

 species collected by him in his recent trip to Arizona. This re- 



