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Aristida lanosa. Collected near Medford, N. J., September 

 15, 1 90 1, by W. Stone. 



Sporobolus aspcr. Found in considerable abundance near the 

 Bay shore above Cape May Point, by \V. Stone, September 15, 

 1906. 



Cyperus pseudoi'egcUis. Collected near Swedesboro by Charles 

 D. Lippincott, September 16, 1894. 



Elcocliaris oclircaia. Discovered by S. S. Van Pelt at Cape 

 May Point, September, 1905, and again observed the present 

 year, 



Rynchospora oligaiitJia. Found near Speedwell, Burlington 

 County, by S. S. Van Pelt, in July, 1906. 



Specimens of all the above are in my own herbarium or in 

 that of the Philadelphia Botanical Club. 



WiTMER Stone. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, PHii.ADELrHiA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



December i i, 1906 



The meeting was called to order at 8:1 5 p. m., at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, with President Rusby in the chair. 

 Eight persons were present. 



The reading and approval of the minutes for November 28 

 were followed by the nomination of Mr. Richard Schneider, of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, for membership. 



A communication, dated December 7, 1906, from the New 

 York Academy of Sciences was read, formally inviting the Torrey 

 Botanical Club " to send a delegate to the regular meeting of the 

 Council on January 7, 1907," and enclosing "the amendments 

 of the Constitution of the New York Academy of Sciences, 

 which concern this matter and which have been drawn up accord- 

 ing to the terms of agreement." 



The amendments are as follows : 



Article IV. First sentence to read : " The officers of the 

 Academy shall be a President, as many Vice-Presidents as there 



