(429) 
Fig. 3. Diagram of a transverse section taken near the apex of a root 
showing three ee roots in the plane of the section aad two others 
immediately below 
Plate 11. 
Fig. 5. Longitudinal section of the stele showing the vessels and one layer 
of dilece cd Is. 
Fig. 6. Transverse section of the stele showing eight scalariform vessels 
surroundel by the undifferentiated phlocm. Taken 
. 7. Transverse section through the stele of a young root. The forma. 
Cie of vessels has in aan but five cells. The — vessels shown in 
Fig 6 have been formed directly from the reduced phloe 
Fig. 8. Prerospora Andromedea, A tangential section passing through the 
outer portion of the pen in an old thickened root. Of the cortical cells 
on the right two have undergone pitting and thickening, while the other 
two retain their are rE content. On the left are to be seen the a 
of the outer phloem, with some of the large cells of the medullary ra 
i Plerospora Andre Maer A sclerotized cortical cell cut as 
eae showing the pitted end w 
Fig. 10. Root tip cut a ae showing cap and initial cells. The 
eer mantle is seen to be contiuuous over the entire extremity of the 
oot. 
Plate 12. 
Fi . Sarcodes sanguinea. Section of outer portion of stele in which 
secondary ae has begun. The irregular cambium layer is shown 
Fig. 12, Epider: 3-4 mm from the apex of the root. The disorganiza- 
tion of the nuclei ae - egun 
Fig. 13. Same as 12 but nearer the a ex with normal nuclei 
ig. 14. Epidermal cell cones g hyphae with Dake of grape-like 
clusters or 'tsporangioids.’ 
Fig. 15. Epidermal cells in sr sa section with separating hyphae 
nee a parenchymatous formation. 
Fig. 16. Perithecium found in rae mycelium attached to Aypopity 
Fig. 17. An epidermal cell containing spore-like bodies, and ee of 
Fig. 18. Other hyphal formations in epidermal cells. 
Fig. 19. Epidermal cell with entering hyphae. 
Fig. 20. An ee cell lined with the wall of a large fungal vesicle, 
which is partly crumpled. 
Some new Grasses from the Southern States. 
By Geo. V. Nasi. 
ERIANTHUS SMALLII. 
A tall densely tufted perennial. Culms 1.5—2.5 m. tall, the 
nodes pubescent with long appressed readily a es 
the summit of the culm and the axis of the panicle copiously 
