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Aesculus glabra Willd. To the list of counties noted should 

 be added Washington. (Hanlin. 0. E. Jennings, 1908.) 



Tilia heterophylla Vent. Noted as " Not known to occur in the 

 western part." Is represented by a specimen from Charleroi, 

 Washington County, 0. E. Jennings, June 9, 1904. Leaves 

 white beneath with a fine stellate pubescence. 



Oxydendnim arbor eum (L.) DC. Noted as "found only spar- 

 ingly in the southeastern part of the state." Dr. J. A. Shafer 

 and O. P. Medsger collected this tree in Westmoreland County, 

 "Mt. Pleasant Twp., field near Brush Creek. July 19, 1900." 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. Noted as "Common in the eastern, 

 southern central and western parts." But the present reviewer 

 has botanized rather extensively in southwestern Pennsylvania 

 and it can be stated positively that this species is rare in that 

 part of the state. It occurs in great abundance in Crawford 

 County, is commoij in Erie, occurs in Beaver and Armstrong 

 counties, and is represented by specimens collected a number of 

 years ago in Allegheny County, otherwise we know of no records 

 for western Pennsylvania. 



Carnegie Museum, 

 February 8, 1915 



O. E. Jennings 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



February 9, 191 5 



The meeting of February 9 was held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History at 8:15 P.M., President Harper presiding. 

 Fifty persons were present. 



There being no business the President announced the lecture 

 of the evening, "A Phytogeographic Trip in the Himalayas," 

 by Mr. Ralph R. Stewart. An abstract prepared by the speaker 

 follows : 



"The ground covered by my trips extends from Rawalpindi 

 in the Punjab to Kashmir, thence to Leh and Himis in Western 

 Tibet (Ladak) and south to Simla, via Rupshu, Lahoul and Kulu. 

 The distance is about 900 miles. As the range of altitude is 

 three miles there are great variations in the flora from tropical to 



