NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA 



199 



June bth. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair 



Thirty-seven members present. 



The following papers were presented for publication : 



" The Cutting Ant of Texas/' by S. B. Buckley. 



" Synonymy of the Cyclades, a family of Acephalous Mollusca, part 

 1st," by Temple Prime. 



" Catalogue of the Colubridse in the museum of the Academy of Natu- 

 ral Sciences of Philadelphia, with note3 and descriptions of new spe- 

 cies," by E. D. Cope. 



" Notes on Shells," by T. A. Conrad. 



" Contributions to the Carboniferous Flora of the United States," 

 by Horatio C. Wood, Jr. 



And were referred to Committees. 



Dr. Darrach presented the following Catalogue of Plants appearing in 

 flower, in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, during the month of May. 



1. RANUNCULACEiE. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. 

 sceleratus. 

 recurvatus. 

 bulbosus. 



2. Magnoliaceaje. 



Magnolia glauca. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera. 



3. Beeberidace^. 

 Podophyllum peltatum. 



4. Ntmph^bacea. 



Nymphaea odorata. 

 Nuphar advena. 



5. SARRACENIACE.S. 



Sarracenia purpurea. 



6. Papaverace^. 

 Chelidoneum majus. 



7. FuMARIACEiE. 



Fumaria officinalis. 



8. Crucifer.8. 



Arabis lyrata. 



" laevigata. 

 Sisymbrium officinalis. 

 Sinapis Nigra. 



9. Viol ace a. 



Solea concolor. 

 Tiola lanceolata. 



" primulaefolia- 



' ' striata. 



" pubescens: 



10. Cistace-. 

 Helianthemum corymbosum. 

 Hudsonia tomentosa. 



11. Caryophtllacb*. 



Silene Pennsylvanica. 



' ' antirrhina. 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia. 

 Stellaria longifolia. 

 " uliginosa. 

 Cerastium arvense. 

 *Spergula saginoides. 

 Scleranthus annuus. 

 Sagina procumbens. 



12. Ox ALU) ACE j& 



Oxalis violacea. 

 " stricta. 



13. Geraniace.s. 

 Geranium maculatum. 



" Carolinianum. 

 " Robertianum. 



14. Suacardiace,* 

 Rhus toxicodendron. 



15. Sapindace^. 

 Staphylea trifolia. 



16. Leguminos* 



Lupinus perennis. 

 Trifolium arvense. 



pratense. 



repens. 



procumbens. 

 Vicia hirsuta. 

 Circis Canadensis. 





1860] 



* Barton. 



