59 



Vtntral fins, none. 



Branchial rays six. 



D. 25-40; A. 42; P. 11 ; C. 19. 



Cuhr nearly uniform, dark grayish brown, a very 

 little darker beneath. 



Length of the specimen described, twenty five and 

 a half inches 



This singular and grotesque-looking fish occupies 

 a position nearly intermediate betwein Zoarces and 

 Anarrhicas. It agrees with the former in the aspect 

 of the body, the uniou of the vertical fins, the fleshy 

 lips, the form and size of the teeth; with the latter in 

 the absence of ventral fins; and with both in the 

 scales, the abundant mucous secretion, the branchial 

 rays, and the rounded muzzle. It differs from Zoar- 

 ces in the character of the dorsal rays, the presence 

 of ventrals, and the position of the mouth ; from 

 Anarrhicas in the form and size of the teeth ; and 

 from both in the crest. 



A new generic division becomes therefore necessa- 

 ry, for which the peculiar monkey-like face of the 

 fish, viewed in front, suggests an appropriate name. 

 The strange resemblance to several of the American 

 monkeys is, in fact, quite striking, and we may call 

 the genus 



Cebidichthts, — Ayres. 



Head smooth, rounded, muzzle obtuse ; body elon- 

 gated, with minute, imbedded scales ; dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal fins united ; no ventral fins ; lips fleshy; 

 mouth opening obliquely upward ; teeth small, in 

 both jaws, and on the vomer and palatine bones ; 

 branchial rays six ; a fleshy crest on the head. 



C. crista-gulli is apparently rare. But a single 

 specimen has yet been seen, and none of the fisher- 

 man had met with anything like it previously. It 

 was taken in the Bay of San Francisco Its food had 

 consisted of small fish in part, but chiefly of sea- 

 weeds. 



Sax Fkancisco, June 11, 1855. 



H. G. Bloomer in the Chair. 



Charles H. Cook, Esq., presented for the Library 

 a copy of the Annals of San Francisco. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the do- 

 nation. 



Dr. Kellogg presented specimens of a small and 

 beautiful Mimuhis, accompanied by a drawing. It 

 is believed to be known, but having seen no descrip- 

 tion, we give the following : 



M. ATROITKPUREA? 



Stem short, branched mostly from the base, branch- 

 es opposite, decumbent, 2 to 3 inches long, square, 

 glandularly pubescent with white transparent frosty 

 hairs ; leaves opposite, spatulate-ovate, acute, entire, 

 or sparingly serrate, with coarse teeth, petioles half- 

 Clasping, 5 to 8 nerved, ciliate along the lower mar- 

 gin of the petiole, sparsely hirsute above, purple be- 

 neath, Bome pubescent along the prominent veins ; 

 Bowers opposite, axillary on short peduncles, 4 to i 

 tin' length of the calyx, calyx obliquely saccate at 

 the base on tin; upper side, upper tooth and calyx 

 relied ; tube of the corolla very long, club- 

 thaped, throat ventricose somewhat compressed and 

 Infolded from beneath on each side of the palate, low- 

 ' r lip \ cry short recurved, two upper di\ isions much 

 larger rcfli sed spreading, reddish purple, variegated 

 throat and palate; capsule carinate-compressed 

 Oblique. From 1'lacerville. 



Also specimens and drawing of a Ceranu, from 

 Placer viile. 



C. (ii.ANoi i.os' s, or Mountain Cherry.— Kellogg. 



Shrubby, stem reddish, slender, young branches 



OAL. ACAD NAT. 801 JULY, 1855. 



pubescent ; leaves obovate acute, somewhat cuneate 

 at base, biglaudular, mucronate, serrulate, sub-glab- 

 rous above, pubescent beneath, particularly along 

 the veins ; flowers in erect racemes terminating the 

 leafy brauches, appearing after the leaves ; flowers 

 fasciculate-corymbose at the extremity of the long 

 raceme, pedicles Jan inch or more in length, villous, 

 as is also the rachis, culyx segments short, acute, re- 

 flexed, petals rounded, style, one, exserte infolded and 

 tortuously bent, stigma capitate ; fruit ovoid. 



This species or variety has the glands much more 

 conspicuous and uniformly constant than the C. 

 emarginatus of the coast. 



Dr. K. pressnted specimens with a drawing of 

 Amelanchier Canadensis var. alnifolia Nutt. cr Al- 

 der-leaf June-berry. 



Branches smooth, robust, dark pu pie ; leaves ob- 

 tuse, cordate at the base, upper third and end toothed, 

 entire below ; lamina flat or plane, thin, pinnately 

 veined, stipules lanceolate dry membranous, fuscous- 

 pubescent, caducous ; very delicately pubescent above 

 and below ; flowers, in short dense racemes, about 6 

 to 12, sessile and sub-sessile, calyx and rachis pu- 

 bescent, styles 4, stamens short, calyx divisions short, 

 triangular-lanceolate, strongly reflexed, racemes 

 with one or two large leaves at the base. 



The specimens furnished us by the generosity of 

 the Pacific Express Co , were past the flowering peri- 

 od. The shrub abounds in prussic acid, and must be 

 useful for medical purposes. Fruit black and sweet. 



Also a drawing and specimens of Maderiaelegans? 

 from Alameda and vicinity of San Francisco. 



Stem simple, about 2 to 3 feet high hispid with 

 long glandless and shorter glandular hairs inter- 

 mixed on the upper part of the stem, peduncles, and 

 involucre; radical leaves linear-spatulate and linear 

 oblong, elongated to 3 to 6 inches, 4 to 1 inch wide, 

 remotely denticulate, waved, 3 to 2-nerved, upper 

 cauline leaves gradually reduced in size, very vil- 

 lous, with short glandless hairs, interspersed hirsute, 

 sessile, sub cordate clasping, alternate ; flowers in a 

 loose compound-paniculate corymbose top; involucre 

 naked, scales 18 to 20, or the same number as the 

 rays, somewhat alternately long and shorter ; rays 

 long, cuneate deeply 3»cleft at the apex, middle lobe 

 sub-spatulate, points obtuse emarginate, twice as 

 long as the involucre (or about 1 inch,) | inch wide, 

 slightly attenuate to about 4 of an ir.ch below, 3 

 greenish veins along the back ; tube pubescent, 

 ligules light yellow throughout ; receptacle conic, 

 villous with soft hairs ; chaffy scales in a single 

 series ( between ray and disk florets ) united, 

 greenish points, villous, acute, incurved ; disk corol- 

 la, 5-parted, segments very villous within, a tuft of 

 long hairs on the back at the tips, glabrous, only the 

 narrowed tube pubescent ; branches of the style in 

 the disk flowers subulate, very acute, minutely hispid 

 on the back, connately erect, anthers dark brown or 

 black, all destitute of pappus. 



Achenia of the ray enclosed by the carinate-com- 

 plicate involucre, oblong-obovate, somewhat com- 

 pressed, slightly incurved, sessile areolar disk above, 

 little clawlike process below, glabrous, neither angled 

 nor striated, dark purple, nearly black. 



Annual hairy and glandular gummy herbs; flow- 

 ers large, delicate straw-colored, or bright pale yel- 

 low, about 1J to 2 inches In diameter. 



These herbs singularly vary in size in the same 

 proximity; whilst one has long leaves 4 of an inch 

 Wide, stem tall and slender, another side by side, may 

 be of similar height, but very sturdy stemmed with 

 broad Leaves, &0., without any important specific 

 difference. 



