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Andrnpogon, Beard-grass. 

 1055. A. furcatus, Miihl., blue-stem. Law., Sal ; six 



feet high. 

 105G. A. sonparius, Mx., broom-grass. Law. 



1057. tA. Torreyanus, Steuclel. Sal. 



Sorghum. 



1058. S. nutans, L. Law., Sal., Osw. 



IIydropterides. 

 Marsilia. 



1059. M. quadrlfolia, L. Ell. 



1000. M. vestita. Hook, and Grev. Ell. 



1061. M. uucinata, Braun. Ell. 



EQUIS15TACE.15. 



Eqni.itluiii, Horse-tail. 



1062. E. arvense, L. Law. 



1063. E. sylvatieum, L. Law. 



1064. E. pratense, Ehr. Law.: Snow. 



1065. E. robustum, Braun. Law., Sal. 



1066. E. hyemale, L. Scouring Rush. Law. 



FiLICES, Fekns. 

 Bo/ryc/iium, Grape Fern. 



1067. B. Innarioides, Swz. Leav.; Mr. Wilson. 



1068. B. Virginicum, L. Rattlesnake Fern. Leav., 



Law. 



Po'i/podhnn, Polypod. 

 10G9. P. incanum. Ph. Buil : Mrs. J. N. Locke. 



Nulhulcriia. 

 1070. +N.dealhata, Kuuze. Humboldt. Brought by 

 Prof. Knox. 



Onoclen, Sensitive Fern. 

 1071. O. sensibllis, L. Leav. 



O. sensibilis, var. obtusilobata, Torr. 

 Wilson. 



Leav.: 



10 



10 



StniHiiopleris, Ostrich Fern. 

 S. German ica, Wild. Law. 



Pellwa, Rock Brake. 

 P. atropurpurea. Link (Pteris, L. ; A. Nobo- 

 rus, Gr.) Leav., Humboldt; Prof. Knox. 

 Adianlum, Maidenhair. 



1074. A. pedatum, L. Leav., Law. 



Asplenium, Spleen wort. 



1075. A. angustifolium, Mx. Leav. 



1076. A. filix-foemina, Beruh., lady fern. Leav.: 



Wilson. 



Camptosorus, Walking Fern. 



1077. C. rhizophylUis, Link. (Autigramraa, Smith.) 



Leav. 



Woodsia, Rock Polypod. 



1078. W. obtusa, Torr. Leav. 



Cyslopterls, Bladder Fern. 



1079. C. fragilis, Bernh. Leav., Law. 



A.fpidium, Shield Fern. 



1080. A. Goklianum, Hook. Leav. 



1081. A. spinulosum, Willd. Law.: Saunders. 



Hepatic.e. 

 3Iarcha>iti,a. 



1082. M. polymorpha, L. I/aw.: Saunders. 

 Orders, 107; genera, 443; species, 1082. Species 



not native, about 41 ; .species not east of the Missis- 

 sippi, 150. 



METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 187(). 



PKOF. F. H. snow's ANNUAL REPORT AS METEOROLOGIST TO THE STATE BOARD OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



Station: Lawrence, Kansas. Latitude 38° 58'; longitude 95° 16'; elevation of barometer and ther- 

 mometers, 884 feet above the sea level, and 14 feet above the ground; rain gauge on the ground; 

 anemometer, 105 feet above the ground, on the dome of the University building, 1,150 feet above 

 the sea level. 



The chief peculiaritie.s of the weather of 1876 Avere as follows: 



1. The liigh temperatures of the first two months of the year, which were the warmest 

 January and February on our nine years' record. These were followed by the coldest 

 Marcii on our record; colder than either of the three preceding winter months, and 

 bringing with it seventeen inches of snow. 



2. The absence of great extremes of either heat or cold. 



3. The large and well-distributed rainfall, which resulted in immense crops of wheat 

 and corn in all parts of the State. Tliis result is mentioned as a peculiarity, not as an 

 exception. In only one of the nine' years record has there been a serious sliortening of 

 crops on account of a dbficiency in the amount or distribution of the annual rainfall. 



TEMPERATURE. 

 Mean temperature of (he year 52°.76, which is only 0°.06 below the mean of the 

 eight preceding yeai-s. The highest temperature was 93° on the 23d of June; the lowest 



