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Lysimachia hybrida, Asclepias pulcbra, Campanula erinoides, 

 iBiiim latifolium, Thatictriim corynellum, Potamogeton sp. 



Found elseivhere during- the Excursion — Castanea vesca, 

 Pyrola rotundifolia, Epilobium spicatum, Gnaphalium mar- 

 garitaccum, Ceplialaiithus occidcntalis, Hypericum perfora- 

 turn, Spira3a alba, S. tomeiitosa, Prunella vulgaris, Nym- 

 phsea odorata, Lilium Philadelphicum,L. Canadense, Potcn^ 

 tilla floribunda, Geum album, &c. 



Mr. P. stated that anyone, who had a fair knowledge of the 

 plants of any region however limited, held in his hand a key, 

 as it were, to the productions of other parts of the world ; so 

 representative were species of plants of each other, take for 

 instance the orchises of our swampy meadows, and we were 

 reminded of the magnificient orchidaceous flowers of the 

 tropics ; and in the singular and humble dodder, (Cuscuta 

 Americana) he could fancy he saw the parasites of the hotter 

 zones of the v>^orld. The attention to rearing this leafless 

 climber from seed had rewarded him with some curious results 

 which he intended to communicate at some future meeting. 



B, ¥. Mudge made a few remarks in reference to the val- 

 uable addition that has recently been made to the library, viz : 

 the complete files of the Documents printed by order of the 

 thirty fourth Congress, received from the Department of the 

 Interior in coformity to an Act recently passed, directing a 

 copy of all such documents, &c., to be deposited in some 

 library in each Congressional District, to be designated by 

 .the representative of the district. The Hon. T. Davis, having 

 selected the library of the Essex Institute for this purpose, 

 Mr. Mudge moved the passage of the following vote, which 

 was unanimously adopted, viz : 



Voted, that the President of the Essex Institute be re- 

 quested to communicate to the Hon. Timothy Davis, the 

 Representative in Congress from the sixth district, the ex- 

 pression of gratitude for the interest he has manifested in 

 4-he society by the transmission of documents at various times, 



