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Stances resembling bone have been at times mistaken 

 for it. 



Mr. Edward Daniels, of the State Geological Surveying 

 Corps of Wisconsin, was chosen Corresponding Member of 

 the Society. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from Mrs. 

 Teschemacher, in reply to the resolutions transmitted to her 

 by the Secretary ; also, one from the Editors of Silliman's 

 Journal, thanking the Society for the notice transmitted to 

 them of the life of the late Mr. Teschemacher. Also, a 

 letter from the Linnsean Society, acknowledging the recep- 

 tion of certain volumes of this Society's Transactions. 



Mr. James A. Dupee was elected a Resident Member. 



^February 1, 1854. 

 The President in the Chair. 



Mr. C. J. Sprague presented, in the name of Dr. Charles 

 Pickering, a specimen of common Eel Grass (Zostera ma- 

 rina) in fruit, and described in detail the mode of reproduc- 

 tion in this plant as made out by Gronland and Hofmeister. 



Mr. T. T. Bouve remarked that it is very rare to see 

 Zostera in fruit ; he had looked in vain for it for several 

 years along our coast. 



Dr. Charles Pickering stated that Prof. Asa Gray had 

 seen it in flower not unfrequently on Beverly Beach, and 

 in that neighborhood. 



Dr. Henry Bryant exhibited the peculiarly formed trachea 

 of the Courlan (Aramus scolopaceus.) It had a remarka- 

 ble bend, so as to present a number of convolutions upon 

 itself in the form of a watch spring. There is no regular- 

 ity in the number of turns, nor in the situation of this pecu- 



