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the southern part of the Florida lake region. This unique 

 formation never fails to yield plants of great interest or novelties. 

 The following proposed species was found in full flower in the 

 white sands of the scrub. 

 ^ Clitoria fragrans Small sp. nov. Perennial herb with a slender- 

 fusiform tap-root up to 4.5 dm. long: stems solitary or several 

 together from the top of the tap-root, 2-4 dm. tall, often spar- 

 ingly branched, glaucous, obscurely puberulent and slightly 

 viscid, usually slightly zigzag: petioles slender-wiry, mostly 1-3 

 cm. long: leaflets 3; blades various, those of the upper leaves 

 linear, 2-5 cm. long, those midway up the stem linear-lanceolate, 

 those of the lower leaves elliptic to narrowly ovate, shorter than 

 the upper, all minutely bristle-tipped, reticulate, glaucous be- 

 neath, glaucescent above: flowers solitary or paired: calyx 12-15 

 mm. long, minutely pubescent, reticulate: lobes of the lower 

 lip lanceolate, acuminate, the middle lobe usually nearly or 

 quite as long as the tube: flower very fragrant: corolla pale- 

 purple: standard sub-orbicular in outline when flattened out, 

 4.5-5 cm. long: wings broadly spatulate in outline, about 3.5 

 cm. long, the blade very inequilateral: keel about 2.5 cm. long, 

 the blade and claw about equal in length: pod linear, glaucous, 

 5-8 cm. long, 8-9 mm. wide, slender-beaked, the stipe much 

 exceeding the calyx. — In scrub, sandhills near De Soto City, 

 Florida. — Spring. Type in the herbarium of The New York 

 Botanical Garden, J. K, Small, May 20, 1925. 



The above described species is a relative of Clitoria mariana. 

 The glaucous foliage, the narrow reticulate leaflets which re- 

 semble those of Galuctia pinetorum, the smaller flowers with the 

 relatively short-clawed keel-petals and the long-stipitate pods 

 are marks which distinguish it from the related species. The 

 fragrance of the flowers sometimes resembles that of the European 

 violet, at other times that of tea-roses. 

 _^ John K. Small. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of February 9, 1926. 



This meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, with President Richards in the Chair. The Secretary 

 read a communication from the Ecological Society of America 

 urging action of all interested parties against the passage of the 

 proposed bill granting private individuals or corporations long- 



