The Biological Club met in Zoological lecture room December 3, 1900.
Prof. Herbert Osborn presided, twenty-six members present. The
following papers were presented:
“Notes on the Saw Brier, and a Rhamnus new to Ohio.”
“The Waverly Series of Ohio.”
In the first paper Prof. Kellerman spoke of the distribution of the
Saw Brier, _Smilax glauca_, in the southern part of the State, and
exhibited specimens showing its striking variations in form of leaves.
The southern buckthorne, _Rhamnus caroliniana_, was observed commonly
in Adams County. It also occurs in Brown County. This is the first
record for this species in Ohio. Specimens in fruit were exhibited.
A hackberry was found unlike any form hitherto reported from
Ohio. Specimens are in the hands of Rev. E. J. Hill for study and
determination.
Prof. Ball reported leaf variation as occurring commonly in Colorado,
and that various leaf forms could be observed in climbing a single hill.
Prof. Prosser, in the second paper, reviewed the literature that has
been published on the Waverly Series of Ohio, and as a summing up gave
a list of names with authorities to be used in future in speaking of
the formations of this series. These are as follows:
Beginning above the Huron Shale. 1. Bedford Shale (Newb.) 85 feet. 2.
Berea Grit (Newb.) 40 feet. 3. Sunbury Shale (Hicks) 10-15 feet. 4.
Cuyahoga Shale (Newb.) 275-300 feet. 5. Black Hand Conglomerate (Hicks)
40-100 feet. 6. Logan Sandstone (Andrews) 115 feet.
Under the head of personal observations, Prof. Schaffner gave a list
of trees and shrubs which he and F. J. Tyler had found cutting off
(self-pruning) their own branches.
Prof. Kellerman remarked upon the abundance of the red-seeded dandelion
in various parts of the state.
Walter Metz, J. A. Beer, H. A. Clark, Charles I. Meade, Miss Elizabeth
Sessions, Miss L. D. Wilson, W. P. Simpson, Mrs. J. H. Schaffner, B.
B. Wells, Mrs. E. D. Ball, J. N. Frank, A. G. McCall, Miss Carrie R.
Weick, A. C. Whitmore, Miss Caroline Meade and Miss Maud Flynn were
elected to membership.
Professors Prosser, Landacre and Mr. Griggs were appointed a committee
to locate board and lodging for members of the Ohio Academy of Science.
Adjourned.
JAS. S. HINE, Secretary.