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ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



[Jan. 22, 



October 6, 1893. Mr. Baxter showed Mai^nolia acutninata in 

 fruit, and also the fruit of Asimina triloba. 



Mr. Laney showed Hamaviclis in blossom. 



Miss Beckwith exhibited a specimen of fungus donated to the 

 Section by the President of the Academy, This fungus was said to 

 have been found growing upon a timber in a coal mine at Scranton, 

 Pa. It is about twenty-two inches long, consisting of a linear, 

 slightly curved series of bulbous masses, the initial one having a 

 diameter of two and one-half inches, and the series, sixteen in 

 number, growing smaller to the terminal one with a diameter of one 

 and one-fourth inches. At the top are two small, irregular, lateral 

 bulbs or excrescences. It was suggested that the form might have 

 been an interrupted attempt at maturing. The fungus has a hard, 

 smooth rind, with no trace of pores. 



October 20, 1893. Mr. Dunbar exhibited the fruit of twelve 

 species of Roses snowing a surprising variety in the shape and 

 appearance of the fruit. 



Dr. Searing exhibited specimens of Salvinia natans from Ohio 

 It is stated in Gray's Botany that this plant is found in Western N.w 

 York but it has never been reported in this vicinity. 



Mr. J. B. Fuller and Mr. Laney showed a fine collection of 

 acorns comprising fruit from the White Oak, Bur Oak, Swamp While 

 Oak, Chestnut Oak {Q. Mublenbergit), Red, Scarlet and Black Oaks, 

 and from an English Oak [Q. pediinciilata). 



Miss Beckwith showed pressed specimens of Myrica cerifera in 

 fruit. 



November 3, 1893. Miss lieckwith showed specimens of fungi 

 which were pronounced by Dr. Searing to be Cyatlius stnatus. 



