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June 2d, 1862. 

 President in the Chair. 



Dr. Kellogg presented the annexed description : 



Lilmm parvum (Kellogg). Fig. 52. 



Stem terete, sub-glabrous, eighteen inches to two and a half feet 

 high. 



Leaves scattered, oblanceolate, sub-acute, glabrous above, three- 

 nerved, margins scabrulose, nerves smooth beneath, lamina very 

 minutely scabrulose ; bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, or ovate acu- 

 minate, ciliate, five to seven-nerved, the lowermost whorled. 



Flowers aboi\t five to nine, verticillate by threes and alternate or 

 opposite above ; erect, tubular-bell-shaped, sepals revolute above 

 the middle, tube and throat yellow and purple spotted within ; rev- 

 olute limbs red, with well-defined limits ; three inner petals some- 

 what narrower, glabrous and slightly grooved above, sub-glabrous 

 and abruptly ridged on the back ; outer broader sepals plain, some- 

 what more spotted ; claw thickened, grooved within and convex on 

 the back ; pistil scarcely a little longer ; stigma simple or sub-three- 

 lobed, not parted ; stamens sub-equal, regularly spreading ; ovary 

 half the length of the style. 



We are indebted to Mr. H. G. Bloomer, Botanical Curator to the 

 Academy, for his worthy zeal in cultivating .this little native lily, 

 from which our sketch is taken ; also to Mr. Stivers for specimens 

 from the mountains, and to Mr. C. II. Dorr for specimens from 

 Nevada Territory. 



The most obvious characteristics are the small erect or sub-erect 

 flowers, and the scattered leaves ; the peduncles in some instances 

 appear to be somewhat tortuous, and the flowers only partially 

 erect. In their native habitat, more extended observation leads us 

 to conclude that they seldom exceed the size indicated in the accom- 

 panying sketch. 



July 7th, 1862. 

 President in the Chair. 



Mr. Bolander read the following descriptions of plants ; 



Juncus Leseurii. — Outer sepals linear-lanceolate, sharply acu- 



