Josselyn Botanical Society of Maine. 



The seventeenth annual meeting of the Society was held 

 in Brunswick, August 22-25, I 9 I T > with headquarters at the 

 Eagle Hotel. 



Nineteen members and guests were in attendance dur- 

 ing the meetings. 



Field activities were directed less to the exploration of 

 new localities than to visiting those of which something was 

 already known. Several points on the Androscoggin River, 

 in both Brunswick and Topsham, were examined. 



Among the plants collected along the shores and low 

 grounds, the following seem worthy of mention : 



Carex Crawfordii, var. vigens, Carex scoparia, var. con- 

 densa, Cyperus filiculmis, var. macilentus, Cyperus strigosus, 

 Eleocharis diandra, Apocynum cannabinum, Campanula rotundi- 

 folia, Bidens hyperborea, Solidago racemosa. 



Winnegance Creek, near Bath, and its shores and 

 marshes, afforded many plants of rare occurrence and unus- 

 ual interest. In this immediate vicinity were found the 

 following : 



Muhlenbergia racemosa, Panicum virgatum, Cladinm mar- 

 iscoides, Cyperus Nuttallii, Eleocharis rostellata, Scirpus ?ia?ius, 

 Gerardia virginica, Lilaeopsis lineata, Limosella aquatica, var. 

 tenuifolia, Myriophyllum spicatum, Polygonum aviculare, var. 

 littorale, Quercus alba, Samolus Jloribundus, Selaginella rupes- 

 tris, Lophotocarpus spongiosus , Ruppia maritima, var. rostrata, 

 Zannichellia palustris. 



Through the courtesy of the authorities of Bowdoin Col- 

 lege, the evening meetings of the Society were held in Massa- 

 chusetts Hall. 



The first business meeting was called on the evening of 

 the 22nd, and in the absence of the President the Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Mr. A. H. Norton and Miss Kate Furbish, presided. 

 Mr. Robert A. Ware was appointed Secretary pro tempore. 

 Prof. Henry L,. Chapman gracefully welcomed the Society, 



