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Acanthomintha lanceolata. 



Annual, branching from the base, about a foot high, pu- 

 bescent, and the leaves and bracts ciliate: leaves lanceolate, 

 few-toothed, an inch long; petiole slender, shorter than the 

 lamina: axils nearly all floriferous: bracts two in each axil: 

 oblong oval, coriaceous, with callous margin, the midrib, 

 and usually three pairs of lateral ribs terminating i n strong 

 prickles; each pair of bracts subtending 10 — 15 sessile flow- 

 ers: calyx exceeding the bracts; corolla rose color, about an 

 inch long, tube exceeding the calyx, bilabiate ; upper lip pu- 

 bescent externally, two-lobed, the lobes oblong; lower lip 

 broader, three-lobed ; middle lobe oblong, longer than the 

 outer triangular ones, all entire. 



Collected (a single specimen) by Mr. E. Brooks, in Cala- 

 veras Valley, Alameda County, June, 1878. 



MICROSCOPIC SECTION. 



FUNGI OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 



BY M. C. COOKE, M. A., AND H. W. HAEKXESS. M. D. 



Since the publication of the Catalogue of Fungi, under 

 the auspices of the Academy, three years ago, the ninety- 

 one following new species have been described and published 

 in Grevillea, a London journal devoted to cryptogamic bot- 

 any, and only the name, habitat and locality given here as 

 a record of California species: 



1- Corticium pactolinum. 



On naked wood of Quercus, Healdsburg, May. 1521. 



2- Macroplodia asterina. 



On leaves of Madrono (Arbutus Menziesii), Corte Madera, 

 April. 1317. 



