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said to be affected. The disease manifests itself through 
severe itching and loss of hair over almost the entire body. 
The fungus occurs in the hair sacs and sebaceous glands. 
The spores are half moon, spindle or sickle shaped. (Science 
N.S. 14: 898.) 
CLEISTOGAMOUS FLOWERS.—Sablon who has studied the 
cleistogamous flowers finds that the hypodermal layer of 
cells in the anther was large, thin-walled, and contained 
very little protoplasm, but at the upper end of the anther 
beth the epidermal and hypodermal layer of cells are very 
small and contain an abundance of protoplasm with a large 
nucleus. (Rey. Gen. de Bot. 12: 308.) 
SCANDINAVIAN BOTANICAL GARDENS.—Dr. Rydberg has 
made an interesting report on the Scandinavian Botanical 
Gardens. We take this interesting note in regard to the 
bald cypress of the south. “This tree, a native of North 
America, reaches but the 39° lat. on the lower Delaware, 
but is perfectly hardy at Lund near the 56° lat. and is also 
grown, although with more difficulty, at Gothenburg, on the 
57°40’ lat. Liriodendron, the tulip tree, which reaches the 
42° lat. with us, is grown at Lund with less success, but 
fails altogether at Gothenburg. Of course neither is hardy 
‘at Stockholm, Upsala’ or Christiana.” (Jour. N. Y. Bot. 
Gard. 2: 129.) 
THE ANATOMY oF CHRyYsoMA.—Prof. Francis E. Lloyd 
makes an interesting discussion on Some Points in the Ana- 
tomy of Chrysoma pauciflosculosa in which the following 
conclusions are reached: 1. The leaf of Chrysoma pauci- 
flosculosa is bifacial, isolateral, and of unique structure. 2. 
Two kinds of hairs are present, which agree with the mor- 
phological types found in the Composite, as defined by 
Vesque. 38. The stomata correspond closely in structure to 
those of the majority of halophytes, as described by Warm- 
ing in his Halofyt Studier, but possess a more specialized 
inner entrance. They are provided with accessory cells 
