but these and their kind are minor flaws that cannot interfere 

 seriously with the large and helpful part that Professor Jepson's 

 new Flora is bound to play in the study of Californian plants. 



Marshall A. Howe 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



November 24, 1909 



The meeting was held at the New York Botanical Garden 

 and was called to order by Dr. E. B. Southwick. Owing to the 

 inclemency of the weather, there were only a few members 

 present. 



Dr. W. A. Murrill exhibited and described a phalloid found 

 by him near Cinchona, Jamaica, in January, 1909, which is allied 

 to the anomalous genus, Phallogaster, described by A. P. Morgan 

 in 1892, A description of this new phalloid was published in 

 Mycologia for January. Dr. Murrill prefaced his remarks with 

 a brief account of the most common phalloids in the vicinity of 

 New York and the species known to occur in the island of 

 Jamaica. 



Dr. J. K. Small spoke on "Some Recently Naturalized Plants 

 from Southern Florida." This paper will appear in a forthcom- 

 ing issue of the Bulletin. 



Adjourned. 



Percy Wilson, 



Secretary 

 December 14, 1909 



The meeting was called to order at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, with President Rusby in the chair. Forty-four 

 persons were present. After the reading and approval of the 

 minutes of the meeting for November 24, the resignation of Dr. 

 J. A. Allen, dated November 17, 1909, was presented and 

 accepted. 



The announced paper of the evening on " The Reclamation 

 of the Desert in the San- Bernardino Valley" was then presented 

 by Dr. Rusby and illustrated by some seventy lantern-slides. 

 The following abstract was prepared by the speaker. 



