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examination was made of the sori and indusia of Dryopteris mar- 

 gi?ialis. 



Adjourned to June 19. 



Tuesday evening, June 19. Regular meeting; the President 

 in the chair ; Miss Hope, Secretary pro tem. This being the 

 last meeting before the summer vacation, members were again 

 urged to make collections for the herbarium, the President ex- 

 pressing the hope that each member would donate at least one 

 specimen collected during the summer season. 



The remainder of the time was spent in the analj^sis of Virbiir- 

 num cassinoides and Aspleniuni Filix-femhia^ and the examina- 

 tion of the silex skeleton of Eqiiisetum hyemale prepared by 

 Mr. Huse. 



Adjourned to October 2. 



Tuesday evening, October 2. Regular meeting ; the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. The report of the last meeting previous to 

 vacation, prepared by Miss Hope, Secretary pro tem., was read 

 and approved. An exceptionally fine specimen of LiatiHs sca^-i- 

 osa was exhibited and the flowers analyzed. Ferns and Fern- 

 Allies having been selected as objects of study for the present, 

 several species were shown and an informal discussion was held. 



Adjourned to October 16. 



Tuesda3^ evening, October 16. Regular meeting ; the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. The Executive Committee reported they 

 had arranged a program for work during the remainder of the 

 year on Ferns and Fern- Allies, as follows : October 16, the 

 genus Dryopteris ; October 30, the genus Asplenium ; Novem- 

 ber 13, Ophioglossum and Botr3xhium ; November 27, Kqui- 

 setum ; December 11, Dycopodium. 



The Executive Committee further reported, concerning cer- 

 tain proposed lectures, that they had communicated with Pro- 

 fessor Weed of the New Hampshire College and ascertained his 

 terms. Further time was asked and granted for communica- 

 tion with Mr. Fernald of the Gray Herbarium with regard to 

 his terms. 



The genus Dryopteris was then taken up and studied with 



