4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Donations to the Cabinet were received as follows : 



By Dr. Cooper — Specimens of Purpura septentrionalis, from 

 San Francisco, and others from Oakland, of larger size — the latter 

 not being natives of this Bay, but brought from Shoalwater Bay, 

 W. T., in cargoes of oysters. 



By Mr. Bloomer — A collection of specimens of wood. 



Dr. Cooper exhibited a specimen of coral, of the genus Porites, 

 probably an undescribed species. This mass of coral was drawn up 

 by a fisherman, from a depth of four fathoms, at the Farallones, and 

 deposited in the office of the Geological Survey by Mr. Lawson, of 

 the Coast Survey. The same species had been previously obtained 

 by Dr. Cooper in the Bay of Monterey, but it had never been found 

 so far north before. 



Regular Meeting, January 19th, 1863. 

 Vice President, Dr. Trask, in the Chair. 



Present, eleven members. 



Dr. W. W. Hays, U. S. A., and Mr. William Ashburner were 

 elected Resident Members. 



Donations to the Cabinet were received as follows : 



A miscellaneous collection of plants, consisting of from two hun- 

 dred to three hundred species, from the Pacific slope, by H. G. 

 Bloomer ; specimens of a Yucca, and of Larrea Mexicana, from 

 Kern river, by J. E. Clayton. 



Mr. Bolander presented the following paper : 



Description of a New Species of Melica. 



BY H. N. BOLANDER. 



Melica L. 

 M. stricta Bolander. 



Spikelets very large, secund, horizontal, four to six-flowered ; flowers stipi- 

 tate, upper ones imperfect and abortive, slightly tinged with purple. 



Glumes equal, oblong, membranaceous, five-nerved ; nerves evanescent at 

 about three-quarters the length of the glumes ; scarious margined and pointed, 

 nearly the length (one-half inch) of the flowers. 



