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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  densely 
  racemose-paniculate 
  into 
  an 
  oblong- 
  pyramidal 
  top, 
  leafy 
  throughout, 
  2 
  

   to 
  3 
  feet 
  hij;h. 
  Leaves 
  oblong-spatulate-cuneate. 
  sessile 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  winged 
  

   petiole, 
  obscurely 
  triplinerved 
  above, 
  3-nerved, 
  decurrent 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   rib 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  sub-clasping, 
  lower 
  cauline 
  pinnately-lobed, 
  pinnatifid-toothed 
  

   above, 
  lobes 
  and 
  teeth 
  subulate-mucronate 
  with 
  a 
  callous 
  point, 
  margins 
  pubes- 
  

   cently-ciliate, 
  hirsute 
  below, 
  pubescent 
  above, 
  upper 
  leaves 
  successively 
  reduced 
  

   to 
  lance-linear, 
  linear, 
  and 
  final 
  filiform 
  bracts 
  ; 
  lamina 
  thin, 
  flaccid 
  ; 
  involucral 
  

   scales 
  in 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  series, 
  linear-lanceolate 
  acuminate 
  very 
  attenuate, 
  hirsute 
  on 
  the 
  

   back, 
  inner 
  series 
  with 
  scarious 
  margins, 
  minutely 
  laciniate-toothed, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  white 
  pappus 
  ; 
  rayless, 
  nodding 
  before 
  expansion, 
  at 
  length 
  erect 
  ; 
  florets 
  

   4 
  to 
  5-toothed, 
  tube 
  filiform, 
  throat 
  and 
  border 
  campanulate, 
  lobes 
  lanceolate 
  

   acute 
  recurve-spreading, 
  often 
  stipitate-glandular, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  tube 
  ; 
  stamens 
  and 
  

   style 
  somewhat 
  exsert, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pappus 
  ; 
  achenia 
  sparsely 
  pubescent 
  

   and 
  glandular 
  chiefly 
  above, 
  those 
  of 
  persistent 
  florets, 
  both 
  pistiliform 
  and 
  

   stameniferous 
  but 
  abortive, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  pappilose 
  glands, 
  short-stipi- 
  

   tate 
  callous 
  base, 
  or 
  neck 
  and 
  base 
  constricted 
  compressed, 
  oval-oblong 
  slightly 
  

   broader 
  above, 
  white 
  scabrous 
  pappus 
  simple 
  ; 
  receptacle 
  scrobiculate, 
  naked 
  

   at 
  length 
  produced 
  into 
  sharpened 
  points. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  River, 
  Webb's 
  Landing, 
  late 
  in 
  

   autumn 
  of 
  1872. 
  At 
  first 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  E, 
  Canadeiisis, 
  but 
  

   a 
  more 
  thorough 
  examination 
  seems 
  to 
  warrant 
  a 
  new 
  species. 
  Heads 
  evidently 
  

   htrmaphrodite, 
  the 
  central 
  florets 
  masculine, 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  receptacle 
  being 
  

   simply 
  areolate, 
  the 
  outer 
  florets 
  feminine 
  and 
  fertile; 
  more 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  

   rivularis, 
  D. 
  0. 
  Prod., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  288. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dall 
  read 
  and 
  submitted 
  the 
  following 
  paper 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  

   author 
  : 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Seombrocottus 
  salmoneus 
  of 
  Peters, 
  and 
  its 
  

   identity 
  with 
  Anoplopoma 
  fimbria.* 
  

  

  BY 
  THEODORE 
  GILL, 
  M. 
  D. 
  PH. 
  D. 
  

  

  The 
  distinguished 
  zoologist 
  of 
  Berlin, 
  Dr. 
  Wilhelm 
  Peters, 
  has 
  recently 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  a 
  communication 
  on 
  a 
  supposed 
  new 
  generic 
  type 
  of 
  " 
  Cataphracti," 
  from 
  

   Vancouver's 
  Island, 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  named 
  Seombrocottus 
  salmoneus. 
  This 
  form 
  

   was 
  regarded 
  as 
  possessing 
  the 
  highest 
  interest, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  

   characters 
  which 
  allied 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Scombroids, 
  and 
  thus 
  corroborated 
  Dr. 
  Giin- 
  

   ther's 
  views 
  respecting 
  the 
  afiBnity 
  between 
  the 
  Cataphracti 
  and 
  Scombroids 
  of 
  

   Cuvier. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  apparent, 
  after 
  a 
  perusal 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  description, 
  that 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  new 
  type 
  was 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  form 
  first 
  discovered 
  and 
  named 
  by 
  Pal- 
  

   las, 
  Gadus 
  fimbria 
  ; 
  and 
  subsequently 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ayres, 
  Anoplopoma 
  merlangus. 
  

   And 
  it 
  was 
  with 
  special 
  interest 
  that 
  I 
  also 
  recalled 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  both 
  its 
  for- 
  

   mer 
  describers 
  had 
  failed 
  to 
  perceive 
  any 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  Scombroids 
  (they 
  

  

  * 
  Printed 
  in 
  advance, 
  April 
  9, 
  1873. 
  

  

  