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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  CALTFORNIA 
  

  

  Fisher 
  ; 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  worm 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  pipes 
  of 
  the 
  Spring 
  

   Valley 
  Water 
  Company, 
  by 
  A. 
  Gros. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Hastings 
  stated, 
  in 
  correction 
  of 
  remarks 
  made 
  by 
  him 
  

   at 
  a 
  previous 
  meeting, 
  that 
  he 
  intended 
  to 
  say 
  with 
  emphasis, 
  that 
  he 
  

   would 
  unite 
  with 
  other 
  gentlemen 
  and 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  twenty, 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  $200,000. 
  for 
  building 
  purposes, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  

   his 
  proposition, 
  he 
  had 
  placed 
  his 
  funds 
  ($10,000) 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  trustees 
  on 
  the 
  terms 
  proposed. 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Plants 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States. 
  

  

  BY 
  A. 
  KELLOGG, 
  M. 
  D. 
  

  

  Hesperochirnn 
  latifolia, 
  KeIlo<rg. 
  

  

  Root 
  perennial, 
  fusiform, 
  flesliy, 
  simple 
  (or 
  rarely 
  subterraneously 
  branched, 
  

   1-2 
  inches 
  below 
  the 
  surface), 
  leaves 
  radicle, 
  somewhat 
  rosulate-clustered 
  from 
  

   the 
  crown, 
  ovate, 
  obtuse, 
  or 
  ovate-oblong, 
  sub-acute 
  ; 
  blade 
  cuncate 
  and 
  decur- 
  

   rent 
  into 
  a 
  rather 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  margined 
  petiole, 
  somewhat 
  expanded 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  3 
  to 
  5-nerved, 
  sub-glabrous, 
  except 
  near 
  the 
  hirsute 
  and 
  ciliate 
  margins, 
  

   and 
  often 
  along 
  the 
  petioles, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  glandular 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  or 
  through- 
  

   out, 
  entire, 
  or 
  slightly 
  repand 
  sub-dentate, 
  matured 
  or 
  fully 
  developed 
  petioles 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  blade 
  (leaves 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  3^ 
  to 
  1 
  inch 
  broad) 
  ; 
  

   peduncles 
  or 
  pseudo-scapes, 
  numerous 
  (i^ 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  long), 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   leaves, 
  compressed 
  or 
  sub-ancipital, 
  nerved, 
  chiefly 
  hirsute 
  along 
  the 
  edges, 
  

   naked, 
  or 
  a 
  single 
  (reduced 
  petiolate 
  linear-lanceolate) 
  leaf 
  attached 
  near 
  the 
  

   base 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  third 
  ; 
  calyx 
  deeply 
  5-parted, 
  united 
  from 
  the 
  adherent 
  

   neck 
  of 
  the 
  capsule 
  into 
  a 
  broadly 
  obconic 
  base, 
  unequal 
  in 
  width 
  ; 
  base 
  ob- 
  

   lique, 
  imbricate, 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  outer 
  much 
  larger, 
  (at 
  least 
  twice 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  inner) 
  

   ovate 
  sub-obtuse 
  ; 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  inner 
  segments, 
  oblong-ovate 
  sub-acute, 
  sub-pubescent 
  

   on 
  the 
  back, 
  united 
  base 
  often 
  hirsute, 
  pubescent 
  within, 
  nerved, 
  margins 
  cil- 
  

   liate, 
  apex 
  rather 
  hispid 
  ; 
  corolla 
  large, 
  broadly 
  tubular-funnel-form 
  or 
  narrow- 
  

   ly 
  campanulate, 
  border 
  5-lobed, 
  lobes 
  oblong-oval, 
  often 
  sub-acute 
  (purplish- 
  

   veined) 
  ; 
  corolla 
  (sometimes 
  somewhat 
  irregular, 
  but 
  scarcely 
  sub-labiate, 
  

   whitish 
  or 
  pale 
  bluish) 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calyx 
  ; 
  stamens 
  5, 
  unequal, 
  filaments 
  

   flattened 
  (purplish) 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  style, 
  attenuated 
  upwards, 
  glabrous 
  above, 
  

   hirsute 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  ; 
  anthers 
  introrse, 
  oval, 
  

   etc. 
  Styles 
  two, 
  united 
  or 
  confluent 
  below, 
  (deeply 
  2-parted 
  ?) 
  stigmas 
  de- 
  

   pressed-capitate, 
  often 
  slightly 
  hirsute, 
  (rarely 
  obtuse 
  and 
  glabrous, 
  and 
  still 
  

   more 
  rarely 
  with 
  a 
  .3-lobed 
  style) 
  ; 
  capsule 
  ovoid, 
  or 
  ovoid-oblong 
  acute, 
  apex 
  

   hirsute, 
  base 
  obscurely 
  glandular-2-valved, 
  2-celIed, 
  loculicidally 
  dehiscent 
  20 
  or 
  

   more 
  seeded, 
  seeds 
  obovate, 
  somewhat 
  angled, 
  papillose, 
  and 
  slightly 
  crested 
  

   at 
  the 
  hilum. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  the 
  alluvial 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Yuba 
  River, 
  subject 
  to 
  annual 
  overflows, 
  

   damp, 
  sandy 
  and 
  grassy 
  plats 
  at 
  Cisco, 
  0. 
  P. 
  R. 
  R., 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  Moun- 
  

  

  