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with black breast and gray wings ; seen %ing over headwaters of 

 Mojave river, near Cajon Pass, June 8th, 1856. The above has 

 never been seen west of the Rocky Mountains.] 



Reptiles. 



PituopMs hellona, (Baird & Girard).- — Churchill's Bull snake, 

 Fort Mojave, common, one specimen. 



Masticojjkis testaceus, (B. & G.) — Coppery Whip snake. Fort 

 Mojave and Mojave river, common, three specimens. First of each 

 found west of Texas ?, 



Salvadora grahamiae, (B. & G.) — Graham's Salvadora, For 1 

 Mojave, not rare, two specimens, first seen in the United States. 



Jm/t/ 21, 1861. 

 President in the Chair. 

 The following manifestly new species of HosacJcia was col- 

 lected and presented by Dr. Andrews — specimen No. 116 o 

 his collection : 



II. macrophjlla, (EuJiosackia,) Kellogg. — Fig. 88. — Stem erect, 

 fistulous, flesuous, villous throughout, somewhat striate-angled ; 

 a foot or more in height. 



Leaves long (four or five inches), sub-sessile ; leaflets eighteen 

 to twenty one, somewhat alternate or sub-opposite (distributed 

 about equally from base to apex) obovate, oblong, broadly 

 cuneate, mucronatc. 



Stipules narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, foliaceous (one-quar- 

 ter to one-half an inch long). 



Peduncles short, (about one-third less than the leaves) umbel 

 six to eight-flowered ; pinnate, bracts large (two to three 

 inches long), w^ith seven to nine leaflets, situated a little above 

 the middle of the peduncle, stipules lance-subulate, acuminate 

 (form as in the cauline leaves, but narrower). 



Flowers purplish, (together with calyx and pedicels) vexil- 

 lum distant on a long claw^ and with the wings much longer 

 than the obtuse keel. Teeth of th.e calyx minute, triangular, 

 acute. Fruit unknown. 



Dr. Kellogg read a description of a new species of Ceano- 

 thus, brought by Dr. J. A. Veatch from Washoe. 



