74 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Notes. 



Dr. Adolf Kraemer. member of the Botanical Section, reports a new 

 station for Sphaei alcea Fcndlcri Calif ornica, Parish. Mr. Parish col- 

 lected a single plant of this species near Colton in 1894. In 1899 a single 

 plant made its appearance on the Campbell-Johnston Ranch (San Rafael 

 Rancho). It was in a place exposed to cattle and children, and fearing its 

 extinction. Mr. Austin Campbell — -Johnston transplanted it and reports 

 that it is doing well under cultivation. In publishing the plant, (Zoe, Vol. 

 v., p 71 ; 1900) the authos states that a plant collected at San Pedro by 

 Prof. McClatchie in May 1896 is probably this species, but the specimen 

 was not in bloom. The new station descovered hy Dr. Kraemer is at 

 Glendale, roadside at edge of cultivated fields, near foothills. The plant 

 is a welcome addition to the flora of the region ; it is beautiful and inof- 

 fensive. 



Mr. L. R. Abrams is at present in Los Angeles preparing for a botan- 

 nical exploration of the coast ranges of Southern California. 



We anticipate new discoveries by this ardent collector. 



Mr. Chas. Amadon Moody, one_of the members of the Botanical Sec- 

 tion has sent in some specimens of Morcliclla conica. This has been re- 

 ported by Prof. McClatchie as occurring in this region, but it seems to 

 be seldom collected and the find is therefore interesting. 

 . . . .Ammaiiita phalloidcs (Death Cup) is now to be found lurking under 

 the oaks. Woe to him who mistakes it for an edible species. It is the 

 most deadly of the fungi. There are at least two more species of Ammanita 

 occurring here. One. like the Death Cup seems to prefer the seclusion 

 of the oaks ; the other is often found in the fields in company- with 

 Agaricus campestris. Both species are probably unnamed and untested as 

 to their poisonous qualities. 



A fine bronze bust of the late Dr. Edward W. Claypole, Plonorary 

 Member of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, and Professor 

 of Geology in the Throop Polj^technic Institute of Pasadena, has been pre- 

 sented to that institution, the formal ceremonies taking place in the As- 

 sembly Hall on the anniversary of his birthday, June 2, 1902. Addresses 

 were made by Past President Wm. H. Knight, of the Academy, and Dr. 

 Norman Bridge, of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Claypole's most notable 

 contribution to science related to the Ice Age and the formation of the 

 great North A.'meriean lakes, and his observations and conclusions were 

 quoted and accepted as authority. 



GEOLOGICAL NOTES. 



EY PR. THEO. B. COM STOCK. 



The geology of California presents more features of interest and offers greater 

 rewards to students than almost any equivalent field in the world. In a paper pub- 

 lished more than eight years ago by one of the most vigorous workers, the following 

 terse sentences well express the present situation as regards the more recent epochs.* 



"No clearly defined ideas seem as yet to have been developed in geological liter- 

 ature as to the nature and extent of California in post-Pliocene time. * *s. * 

 The recency of the record, the vastness of the events, the precision with which they 

 may be established, all contribute to make it the most fascinating, as well as perhaps 

 the most important chapter of our local geological history. * * * In no 



part of the continent is the interest so intense as in California. Nowhere is the 



*The Post-Pliocene Diastrophism of the Coast of Southern California. Andrew 

 C. Law-son, Bull. Dep't Geology, Univ. of Cal., Vol. i. No. 4, p 116. Berkeley, 1893.; 



