114 ' BOTANICAL GAZETTE. he 
Hastings, Neb. HarvVEY THOMSON, 
Solidago erecta Pursu. 
he herbarium of the United States National Museum has for distri- 
bution a good number of duplicates of the above PRT which has recently 
been reinstated by Dr. Gray [ Proc. Am. Acad. XXII, p. 308]. This form, 
by Dr. Gray to S. bicolor L., var. concolor Torr. & Gray, and S. speciosa Nutt, 4 
var. angustata Torr. & Gray, and may have been so Saye from here, a 
but its distinctness from se of these Sitting rere ong been recognized 
by many Washington bota F. H. Kxows10%. 
Assistant Curator Piteo v Ss. Nat. Mus. - 
An aid in cee ne 
ts this 
requires gee faniliarits with the “08 pha ve single beg rahe a 
aid 
ing up tag bases ie and to use for reference, tables like. ‘hie following; 
which can be quickly made, have been found convenient. e vertical 
columns show the length in — of each organ, while the horizontal ae 
show at a glance the amou their bags whee ther points eit 
Lower empty glume.............0. 1} 
Upper empty glume................ : ees eee 7 
Flowering glume eS oo Bie if oe 
Palet 2 eee ee 
Awn of flowering glume.......... 5 5 
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A. A, CROZIER, 
Dep't Agriculture, Washington, D. C. as 
Exploration of San Domingo. 
Baron Eggers has been engaged by the undersigned, and under the 
patronage of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Beeicy: to undertake 
. be rs. . 5 
series will embrace rg such plants as have not already been sis 
in Eggers’ Flora Ind occidentalis exsicc.,and will cost forty marks P' 
