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■worthy of remark, that in all onr specimens the three upper stamens 

 are a little shorter, and the anthers erect ; while the three lower longer 

 filaments, have traverse versatile anthers as usual — is this a uniform 

 feature ? Style (green) exsert (one-half inch longer than stamens) 

 stigmatose portion somewhat extending down the rounded angles — 

 three-lobed (not parted). Capsule triangular, somewhat turbinate, 

 sparsely verrucose, angles deeply channeled, vertical. 



A dried specimen of the flower and leaf, accompanied by a figure, 

 was presented by me before the Acadomy, Nov. 11th, 1854, but with- 

 out a written description, our materials not being fully satisfactory. 

 From that time to the present, we have diligently cultivated this bulb ; 

 we have also another specimen of white lily which has not yet gained 

 sufficient strength to flower. 



We have retained the common name by which this lily was first 

 known to us. This, and most of our lilies, when cultivated, should be 

 placed in shady localities. 



August 29, 1859. 



Mr. Rowlandson in the Chair. 



Dr. Kellogg presented specimens of a new species of Ledum, 

 brought from the Sierra Nevada by Mr. Hutchings. 



L. calif ornicum, (Kellogg). — Leaves obovoid and oblanceolate, 

 cuneate mucronate, margins revolute, reticulate granulate, glaucous 

 beneath, golden glands abundant ; apex obtuse or sub-acute, coriace- 

 ous petioles minutely pubescent and glandular, about one-fourth of an 

 inch in length, lamina one to two inches ; mostly crowded at the 

 extremity of the branches. 



Flowers in a terminal fasciculate-corymb ; peduncles filiform, min- 

 utely pubescent and glandular ; ochreous bracts deciduous, lance 

 acute, margins villous ; calyx colored, (white, as are also the flowers) 

 five-toothed, divisions minute acute, terminated by a tuft of hairs. 



Petals five, distinct, spreading, oblong, sub-acute, stamens ten exsert, 

 filaments filiform, hirsute towards the base. 



A small shrub from one to two feet in heiirht. 



September 19, 1859. 



President in the Chair. 



Dr. Kellogg read a description of two new species of Pentstemon, 

 accompanied by specimens found by Mr. Hutchings. 



