The New England Botanical Club welcomes Dr. Donald J. Padgett, Department of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State College, to its March 1 meeting to discuss The Nymph’s Ugly Cousin: Studies in Nuphar.  The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 6:45 in Haller Lecture Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge.  For information, visit www.rhodora.org.