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August 18, 1841. 



The Vice President. Dr. Binney, in the Chair. 



Thirteen members present. 



Dr. Eddy presented to the Society a collection of plants 

 from the banks of the Hudson, and different parts of New 

 England, not previously in the Cabinet. 



Among the more interesting of these were Aster graminifolius, 

 from the Gulf of Quceche, the rarest and smallest of our native 

 Asters. Lobelia Kahnii, from the same locality ; Arabia hispida, 

 from the summit of Mt. Ascutney ; Lygodium palmatum, from Men- 

 don, Mass. But one other locality of this rare fern has hitherto 

 been found in New England. Andromeda mariana, from Staten 

 Island. Strut hiopteris Germanica, Beck. This plant was described 

 cribed by Willdenow as a new species, S. Pennsylcanica, until Beck 

 ascertained its identity with the European plant. Hepatica triloba, 

 another plant accredited to Willdenow, until Dr. Torrey restored it to 

 the original discoverer, Chaix. Nuphar Kalmiana, (Ph.) N. lutea var. 

 Kalmiana, (Torrey.) Dr. Eddy had observed that this plant has sub- 

 mersed, large, waved, orbicular, membranaceous, root leaves, 

 which distinguishes it from all other plants of that family. It is 

 sufficient to establish it as a distinct species, instead of being a 

 variety, according to Torrey. Aspidium spinulosum from R. I. ; A. 

 hulbiferum and goldianum, Norwich, Vt. Scutellaria integrifolia, 

 and pilosa, Long Island. Vaccinium tenellum of Bigelow, a species 

 which, though every New England botanist knows it to be a dis- 

 tinct, is denied by all other authors. The remainder of the col- 

 lection was promised at a future meeting. 



Dr. Storer read a long and interesting paper on the fishes 

 of Massachusetts, in which he added many new facts res- 

 pecting the species already known; and minutely described 

 Trichiurus lepturvs ; Tetraodon mathematicus ; and Zy- 

 goena malleus, as new to our Fauna, together with the fol- 

 lowing new species : 



Pomotis rubri- cauda. General color rusty-brown, more marked 

 above the lateral line, in consequence of ferruginous spots densely 



