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are to consider "Part I", itself consists of a "Part I" and a 

 "Part II", so that some such citation " Thaxter, Monog. La- 

 boulbeniaceae, Part II, pp. 251-396" might possibly be inter- 

 preted as referring to the contribution of twelve years ago as 

 well as to that of the present year. But, of course, no one 

 ought to quote the work in any such fashion. If the Memoirs 

 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are cited, as 

 they should be, any such trifling chance of ambiguity will be 

 obviated. 



That such a notable extension of human knowledge as is evi- 

 denced in Professor Thaxter's monograph has been the work of 

 an American scholar, must always remain a source of pride to 

 American botanists. In connection with a contribution of this 

 kind, it occurs to the reviewer to remark that the fungi parasitic 

 on marine algae are still practically unknown and that though 

 they are probably much less numerous than those parasitic on 

 insects, they offer a field that is well worthy of the attention of 

 mycologists. 



Marshall A. Howe 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



November 25, 1908 



The meeting was called to order at the Museum Building of 

 the New York Botanical Garden at 3:40 p. m., with Dr. M. A. 

 Howe in the chair. There were 14 persons present. The minutes 

 of the meeting of November 10 were read and approved. 



The resignation of Dr. Valery Havard, dated November 8, 

 1908, was read. A motion was made and carried that the resig- 

 nation of Dr. Havard be accepted and that his name be trans- 

 ferred to the list of corresponding members. 



There was no announced scientific program for this meeting, 

 but the following communications were made : 



Dr. Britton showed fruits of the rare and local tree, Prioria 

 copaifera Griseb., which he collected in company with Mr. Wil- 

 liam Harris, at Bachelor's Hall, Jamaica, near where it was 

 originally discovered sixty years ago by Nathaniel Wilson who 



