76 vegetation of the drift. 



February 7, 1854. 



The committee to which was referred the letter of Mr. 

 Morris Miller recommended its publication- 

 Prof. Smith exhibited specimens of Taenia. The head 

 was exhibited under the microscope, showing the four 

 bothrya and the booklets. 



Prof. Kirtland read a revision of the species Esox, inhab- 

 iting Lake Erie and its tributaries, with descriptions of two 

 new species, E. umhrosus^ Kirt., from Rocky River, and 

 E. Ohioensis^ Kirt., from tlie Mahoning. 



Dr. Garlick exhibited casts of two species of Esox, and 

 gave the Society a description of his mode of taking casts 

 of fishes. 



Dr. Newberry exhibited specimens of a new Sigillaria, 

 from Marietta, O. 



Mr. George Smith exhibited specimens oi" Cypris, which 

 had been sent from Cincinnati as a Cyclas. Referred to a 

 special committee. 



On motion of Dr. Kirtland it was 



Resolved^ That an annual tax of one dollar shall be 

 levied on each resident member of the Society ; that the 

 Secretary employ some person to collect this tax. That all 

 the members who refuse to pay this tax, when called on by 

 the authorized agent of the Society, shall forfeit their 

 membership, and their names be struck from the roll of the 

 Society. 



NOTE ON THE VEGETATION OF THE DRIFT. 



BY J. S. NEWBERRY. 



Read before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Science, February 7, 1854. 



The fact mentioned in the following interesting letter of 

 Mr. Miller, is but one of many instances which have come 

 to my knowledge, of the discovery of vegetable matter in 

 the Drift. 



