LORQUINIA 
23 
At the Club business meeting, held at the home of George Mal- 
colm, Oct. 5th, the folowing officers were elected for the year 1917- 
1918: 
President, Donuil Hillis ; Vice-President, E. E. Hadley ; Secre- 
tary, George Malcolm ; Treasurer, E. P. Chace ; Membership Com- 
mittee, E. E. Hadley, Chairman, Raoul M. May, Paul Bonnot ; Pub- 
lication Committee, E. P. Chace, Chairman, E. E. Hadley, Stuart S. 
Towne. 
On account of adverse conditions brought about by the war, our 
President, Paul Riithling, has been obliged to discontinue the occu- 
pation of vacuum cleaning, which he has been following for the past 
two years. He is now away from Los Angeles on a business trip 
that will probably include Mexico. His mother is remaining in Los 
Angeles. Paul wishes to say "Good-bye' to all those whom he did 
not have the opportunity to see before leaving. 
The Club address has been changed to 2202 W«est 10th St., Los 
Angeles, Cal. All exchanges and communications for the Club 
should be sent to the new address. 
An abnormal pod in Diplotaxis. Recently while looking over a 
small patch of Diplotaxis tcnuifolia DC. I came upon a stem bearing 
two unusual pods. The normal pod is flat and two valved, dehiscing 
along the margins. These two pods were triangular and apparently 
three valved, and would have probably separated into three parts at 
maturity. I hunted for some time but found no others not of the 
normal form. — G. L. M. 
