194 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
broad and rounded, the inner a short, triangular, We nearly in- 
cluded horn.” In A. glaucescens the horn is a broad, triangular, in- 
curved, entire beak.—J. N. Rost, Department of ere Wash- 
ington 
Some depauperate grasses—A number of small specimens of 
grasses were observed this spring in the propagating houses of the 
Horticultural Department. In many cases the seed from which the 
plant sprung was still attached to the root and showed no signs of 
decay. Three specimens were selected and drawn; Sefaria viridis 
ese 
flowered, but having germinated in the sand they were forced for self- 
gegen into the production of seed much sooner than usual— 
A. S. Hitcucock, Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans. 
DEPAUPERATE GRASSES: 1, Setaria viridis, natural size; 2. mace ‘spikelet 
to root of same, X 10; z Pasioak sanguinale, natural size; 4, 5. 
from inflorescence of same, X 10; 6. Eragrostis major, — size. 
