X The Biological Society of Wnshiiigton. 



May 2, 1896— 261st Meeting. 



The President in the chair and thirty-six persons present. 



'J'he following communications were presented : 



T. W. Stanton : The Genus Remondia.^ 



B. T. Galloway : Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of the 

 Plant Cell. 



Under the head of Brief Notes — 



L. 0. Howard exhibited a photograph of three young women 

 who were triplets. 



F. V. Coville exhibited a ball three inches in diameter com- 

 posed of the hairs of Trifoliam iiicaraatam taken from the stomach 

 of a horse which had died from this cause. f 



Erwin F. Smith : The Action of Sunlight on Bdclllus trnche- 

 iphilus. 



D. Leroy Topping noted the rediscovery of Flcaria ficaria in 

 the original locality in the District of Columbia. 



Albert F. Woods : The Action of an Overdose of Hydrocyanic 

 Acid Gas on Tomato Plants. 



L. H. Dewey : Sisymbrium altlssimwm as a Tumble W^eed.J 



May 16, 1896-262d Meeting. 



The President in the chair and forty persons present. 

 The following communications were presented : 

 The Fauna and Flora of the Islands off the Coast of Southern 

 and Lower California, including the Gulf of California. 

 Edward L. Greene: The Salient Features of the Flora. 

 Edgar A. Mearns : The Mammals. 



May 30, 1896— 263d Meeting. 



Dr. William H. Dall in the chair and fifteen persons present. 



The following communications were presented: 



Theo. Gill: The Characteristics of the Families Salmonidse 

 and Thymallida3.§ 



Barton W. Evermann : The Fishes and Fisheries of Indian 

 River, Florida. 



*To be published in Proc. U. S. National Museum. 



t Crimson Clover Hair Balls. <Circular No. 8, Div. of Botanj', U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, pi). 1-4, June 15, 1896. 



J Tumbling Mustard (Slsi/inhriam althfiiinuin). <^Circular No. 7, Uiv. 

 Botany, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, pp. 1-8, 1896. 



^ Science, NS., Ill, p. 934, June 2(), 1896. 



