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T. BULFINCH, Rec. Sec. pro tern. 



January 20, 1841. 



G. B. Emerson, President, in the Chair. 



The President exhibited the seed vessel of the Nelum- 

 bium luteum, from the Missouri river. 



The N. luteum belongs to the natural order Nymphaeacese of 

 Decandolle, (Nelumbiacese of Lindley, and of Torrey and Gray,) 

 of which the number of species is small. N. luteum is mentioned 

 by Pursh as occurring in ponds in the neighborhood of Philadel- 

 phia, where, from its isolated situation, he supposed it must have 

 been carried by the Indians. It is also mentioned by Professor 

 Hitchcock as occurring in Haddam, Ct. The seed vessel is of a 

 conical shape, the disk being perforated by about twenty orifices 

 opening into as many cells, each containing a single seed resem- 

 bling an acorn in its shape. The flower of the N luteum is de- 

 scribed by Mr. Nuttall as the largest of American flowers, that of 

 the Magnolia excepted. 



Dr. Eddy stated that, from descriptions given him by 

 others, he was induced to believe that this plant existed in 

 Smithfield, R. I. 



The Secretary, Dr. Wyman, made a verbal report on the 

 cranium of a Seal, referred to him at a previous meeting. 



This proved to be a rare specimen, the Stenorhincus Jeptonix of 

 Frederick Cuvier. It is characterized by the presence of four inci- 

 sors in each jaw, all the molars being deeply trifid. The cranium 

 of this species is figured by Sir E. Home in his Comparative Anat- 



