16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



and Linnea borealis; besides a new species of the gooseberry 

 family, combining in its fruit the quahties of the. gooseberry and 

 currant. 



Regular Meeting, February 3d, 1868. 

 President in the Chair. 



Thirty-five members present. 



Mr. George Lette, P. Huerne, Ottakar Hoffman, Chas. Beseler 

 and Dr. Justus Fuchs Avere elected resident members. 



Donations to the Cabinet : A wild duck's gizzard containing food, 

 gravel and grains of gold mixed, said to have been found so when 

 opened. A specimen of the Pulu Fern, by Dr. Lansweert. 



Prof. Whitney exhibited and described some maps now being 

 constructed by the Geological Survey. 



Dr. Kellogg exhibited the stem of the Panax horridum of 

 Alaska, allied to the Ginseng. 



Regular Meeting, February 17th, 1868. 

 President in the Chair. 



Dr. Thos. M. Logan, Rev. A. Williams, R. B. Swain and Wm. 

 Hayes were elected resident members. 



Donations to the Library : " Index to Vols. 1 to 11 of Observa- 

 tions" on the genus Unio, etc., by Isaac Lea, L.L.D.," from the 

 author. 



Dr. Parry of the Southern Pacific R. R. Expeditions gave by 

 I'equest "an account of some of the natural features and produc- 

 tions of the route near Lat. 35°. 



Mr. Clarence King, chief of the Survey along the Central Pacific 

 R. R. route, gave some interesting information on that region. 



