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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  Peduncles 
  sub-axillary 
  (by 
  reversion 
  ?), 
  about 
  equal 
  the 
  petioles, 
  but 
  stouter, 
  

   articulated 
  with 
  the 
  i)edicel 
  close 
  below 
  the 
  flower, 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  very 
  minute 
  bracts 
  or 
  

   scales 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  articulation 
  ; 
  calyx 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  unequal 
  sepals, 
  outer 
  lower 
  

   (Jif 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  3 
  succeeding;) 
  sub-cordate-carinate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  flattened 
  

   membranaceous 
  above 
  to 
  the 
  scarious 
  mostly 
  entire 
  margin, 
  oval-oblong, 
  obtuse, 
  

   Hometimcs 
  apiculate, 
  notched 
  ; 
  the 
  three 
  succeeding 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  and 
  longer, 
  

   more 
  oval, 
  inserted 
  higher; 
  the 
  filth 
  scale 
  or 
  lobe 
  narrower 
  ; 
  the 
  sixth 
  inmost 
  

   highest 
  scale, 
  hyaline, 
  acute 
  from 
  a 
  broad 
  base, 
  short 
  (about 
  I4 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   long, 
  or 
  1^ 
  to 
  1-3 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  sepals 
  . 
  

  

  Flowers 
  large, 
  (3 
  inches 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  expansion) 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  5 
  broad 
  strap- 
  

   like 
  bands 
  of 
  about 
  equal 
  width 
  radiate 
  the 
  widely 
  expanding 
  funnel-form 
  flower 
  

   corolla, 
  each 
  band 
  5-nerved, 
  the 
  bell-shaped 
  throat 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  narrowed 
  

   into 
  a 
  short 
  purple 
  tube; 
  stamens 
  5, 
  sub-equal, 
  short, 
  somewhat 
  unequal 
  fila- 
  

   ments 
  (purple 
  almost 
  to 
  black) 
  subulate, 
  glabrous 
  above, 
  bearded 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   base, 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  (yellow) 
  anthers, 
  which 
  are 
  fixed 
  by 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   cordatc-hastate 
  base, 
  introrse 
  oblong 
  gradually 
  attenuate 
  above, 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  state 
  

   twisted 
  from 
  left 
  to 
  right 
  or 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  ; 
  style 
  short, 
  glabrous 
  (purple), 
  

   stigma 
  2-lobed, 
  stigmatic-lobes 
  cerebri 
  form- 
  folded 
  ; 
  capsule 
  with 
  an 
  annulate 
  base, 
  

   2-celled, 
  cells 
  2-seeded, 
  seeds 
  sub-angular 
  or 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  two 
  flatish 
  

   faces, 
  glabrous. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  and 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  proper 
  calyx 
  is 
  

   seen, 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  six 
  segments 
  enumerated. 
  A 
  plant 
  perhaps 
  nearest 
  

   allied 
  to 
  Spomcca 
  qiiinala, 
  Br., 
  a 
  New 
  Holland 
  plant, 
  but 
  quite 
  distinct, 
  for 
  in 
  

   that 
  the 
  inner 
  2 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  are 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  three, 
  leaflets 
  

   " 
  lanceolate," 
  etc. 
  1. 
  pentaphyila 
  has 
  a 
  lobed 
  border, 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  flower, 
  

   small 
  rough 
  exterior 
  calyx 
  lobes, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Found 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Geo. 
  Davidson, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  Survey, 
  lat. 
  23» 
  03', 
  at 
  San 
  

   Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  March, 
  1873. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hastings 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  pavements, 
  and 
  gave 
  descriptions 
  

   of 
  the 
  pavements 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  ancient 
  and 
  modern 
  times. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Stout 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Branch 
  Mint 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   at 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  ; 
  the 
  iron 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  stone 
  becomes 
  oxj- 
  

   dized 
  after 
  a 
  brief 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  weather, 
  and 
  changes 
  from 
  a 
  

   bluish 
  gray 
  to 
  a 
  dingy 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  pieces 
  submitted 
  for 
  the 
  in- 
  

   spection 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  were 
  formerly 
  in 
  one 
  piece, 
  which 
  was 
  cut 
  

   into 
  two 
  equal 
  parts 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  the 
  experiment. 
  Dr. 
  Stout 
  

   had 
  experimented 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  the 
  faulty 
  color 
  could 
  be 
  corrected, 
  and 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  before 
  the 
  Academy 
  showed 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  experi- 
  

   ment. 
  He 
  had 
  immersed 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  pieces 
  in 
  suli)huric 
  

   acid 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  and 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  pieces 
  shows 
  

  

  