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hibition of a Collection of Flowering Plants and Mosses from 

 North Star Bay" made by Dr. E. O. Hovey on the Macmillan 

 Expedition. Dr. Hovey then gave an illustrated lecture on "De- 

 scription of the Habitats of the Plants Forming this Collection." 



"The collection of plants made by Dr. Hovey at North Star 

 Bay, 78 degrees 30 minutes N. latitude, was exhibited by Mrs, 

 N. L. Britton. It included a few flowering plants, Arnica alpina, 

 Cassiope tetragona, Dryas integrifolia, Papaver radicatum, Ranun- 

 culus nivalis and Saxijraga oppositifolia, as well as three dwarf 

 willows, Salix herbacea, S. groenlandica, named by Dr. Rydberg, 

 and a larger species of willow still undetermined. Of the flower- 

 less plants, 25 are mosses, 8 are hepatics, five are lichens, and two 

 are fungi, one a Mycosphaerella, parasitic on the leaves of one of 

 the willows and the other a mould (Mucor sp. ?), which seems to 

 be abundant at North Star Bay. The collections were studied 

 by Dr. Evans, Dr. Andrews, Dr. Seaver, Miss Coker, Mr. Wil- 

 liams and Mrs. Britton. After examining the specimens the 

 Club adjourned to the lecture-room, where Dr. Hovey showed 

 some beautiful views of North Star Bay and its flora, including 

 some excellent photographs of birds and a few of the Esquimaux 

 and their dogs." 



Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary. 

 November 12, 191 8 



The first meeting in the month was held at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. There were twenty-one persons 

 present. Prof. R. A. Harper was elected chairman and called 

 the meeting to order at 8:20 P.M. The usual order of business 

 was dispensed with. 



Dr. Geo. E. Nichols delivered the lecture of the evening, the 

 subject being, "The Sphagnum Moss and its Use in Surgical 

 Dressings." The speaker first described and illustrated several 

 of the more common species of Sphagnum, to be found in North 

 America, calling attention to the differences in size, color and gen- 

 eral habit existing between species. The marked variation in 

 individuals of the same species was also noted as being due to 



