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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 

 April 30, 1919 



The meeting was held in the Morphological Laboratory of the 

 New York Botanical Garden. Vice-President Barnhart called 

 the meeting to order at 3:30 P.M. There were fifteen persons 

 present. 



The minutes of February 26, March 11, March 25 and April 

 8 were read and approved. Mrs. Britton, Chairman of the 

 Program Committee made a report. She also asked for authority 

 to call a special meeting on Tuesday, May 15, at 3:30 P.M., to 

 be held at the Mansion of the New York Botanical Garden in 

 cooperation with the Wild Flower Preservation Society of 

 America in order to organize a local chapter and have the Club 

 become an associate member, as Torreya has already been 

 authorized as the organ of the Wild Flower Preservation Societ\-. 

 On motion of Professor Harper the Program Committee was in- 

 structed to call a special meeting. 



Dr. Howe moved to instruct the Treasurer to donate to the 

 L'niversity of Louvain through Columbia University such of 

 the Club's publications as are available. 



Mrs. Britton exhibited a plant of Sisyrhynchium bermndiana, 

 grown at the New York Botanical Garden from a plant collected 

 in Bermuda, and called attention to the fact that the color had 

 a definite tone, much less blue than any of our native species. 



The announced scientific program consisted of a paper on 

 "The Scrophulariaceae of the Local Flora," by Dr. F. W. Pen- 

 nell. An abstract furnished b}' the speaker follows: 



An account was given of the species of Scrophulariaceae occur- 

 ring within the local flora range of the Torrey and of the Philadel- 

 phia Botanical Clubs. Comment was made of specific characteris- 

 tics and of distribution. Within this area there are native: 40 

 species belonging to 19 genera; introduced: 24 species belonging 

 to 7 genera — in all 64 species and 22 genera. 



A key proposing a more evolutionary^ sequence of genera was 

 here first presented. This with a summary of the species it 

 is proposed to publish in forthcoming numbers of ToRREYA, 

 Specimens were shown illustrating all species of the area. 



