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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  fectly 
  harmless 
  ; 
  collected 
  by 
  Rev. 
  S. 
  V. 
  Blakeslee 
  in 
  the 
  Sierras 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is 
  labeled 
  as 
  Weiiona 
  plumhea 
  (?) 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  species. 
  A 
  small 
  Collection 
  of 
  Plants 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Strick, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  J. 
  C. 
  Werner 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Harford 
  ; 
  

   also 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  Camphor 
  Wood 
  from 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  a 
  Japanese 
  junk 
  

   on 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Strick. 
  Kelp 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  by 
  Japanese 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  of 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Strick. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  McLean 
  presented 
  a 
  

   spherical 
  mass 
  of 
  hard 
  Sandstone 
  found 
  near 
  Saucelito. 
  Dr. 
  Behr 
  

   presented 
  a 
  Chicken 
  with 
  four 
  legs 
  and 
  four 
  wings. 
  James 
  Beh- 
  

   rens 
  presented 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Estheria 
  Calif 
  ornica, 
  Packard, 
  a 
  

   very 
  curious 
  entomostraceous 
  crustacean 
  from 
  Alameda 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  

   Dr. 
  Blake 
  presented 
  a 
  day-flying 
  Moth. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Yale 
  presented 
  

   a 
  branch 
  of 
  Torreya 
  Californica, 
  or 
  "California 
  Nutmeg," 
  collected 
  

   in 
  Santa 
  Cruz 
  mountains 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  over 
  100 
  feet 
  high. 
  

   Like 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  wild 
  coffee," 
  this 
  " 
  California 
  Nutmeg 
  " 
  has 
  no 
  

   afiinity, 
  either 
  in 
  structure 
  or 
  scientific 
  position 
  or 
  qualities, 
  with 
  the 
  

   plants 
  which 
  the 
  popular 
  name 
  implies. 
  J. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wright 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  Fern, 
  ( 
  Woodwardia 
  radicans) 
  peculiar 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  great 
  size. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  

   " 
  Wild 
  Coffee 
  Plant 
  " 
  was 
  presented. 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer 
  pronounced 
  

   it 
  Frangula 
  Calif 
  ornica, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  lihamnaceoi, 
  

   mostly 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  with 
  simple 
  alternate 
  leaves. 
  Coffea 
  

   arahica 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  Clnchonaeece, 
  a 
  well 
  marked 
  and 
  

   large 
  family, 
  containing 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  

   species. 
  

  

  E. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns 
  presented 
  specimens 
  of 
  " 
  Chinese 
  Water 
  Nuts" 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  Trapa. 
  Mr. 
  Stearns 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Chinese 
  water 
  

   nuts 
  presented 
  were 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  a 
  bushel 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  lot. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  fruit 
  or 
  nut 
  of 
  an 
  

   aquatic 
  plant 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   before 
  us 
  is 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  extensive 
  sale 
  

   in 
  that 
  country, 
  being 
  highly 
  esteemed. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  species 
  

   of 
  this 
  water 
  nut, 
  and 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  botanists 
  as 
  Trapa 
  and 
  

   are 
  dicotyledonous 
  plants, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  natural 
  order 
  Onagraceoe. 
  

   The 
  specimens 
  shown 
  are 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  Trapa 
  hicornis, 
  (or 
  two- 
  

   horned) 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  being 
  seen 
  at 
  a 
  glance. 
  The 
  

   nut 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  water 
  chestnut. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  call 
  

  

  