Dkcembeb 2, 1898.] 



SCIENCE. 



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the identification of many of the species. 

 At the end of the bulletin the most impor- 

 tant grasses are brought together under six 

 heads. Here there are given of Hay 

 Grasses, 38 species ; Pasture Grasses, 36 

 species ; Lawn Grasses, 15 species ; Grasses 

 for Wet Lands, 25 species ; Grasses for 

 Embankments, 20 species ; Grasses for 

 Holding Shifting Sands, 20 species. The 

 last list is of such general importance that 

 it is reproduced here, with the original 

 locality of each species added : 



Agrostis coarctata (sea coast, Newfoundland 

 to New Jersey). 



Ammophila arenaria (sandy coasts of the 

 Atlantic and shores of the Great Lakes). 



Andropogon hallii (sand hills of Nebraska 

 to Texas). 



Calamovilfa longifolia (sandy shores of the 

 Great Lakes, and sandy soil of the Western 

 prairies and plains). 



Cynodon dactylon (tropical and warm tem- 

 perate regions of the globe). 



Elymus arenarius (seacoasts of Europe and 

 eastern and western North America). 



Elymus mollis (Atlantic and Pacific coasts 

 of North America, and shores of the Great 

 Lakes) . 



Eragrostis obtusiflora (sandy soils in Ari- 

 zona) . 



Imperata arundinaeea (tropical and warm 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres) . 



Muhlenhergia pungens (sand hills of Ne- 

 braska to New Mexico and Arizona) . 



Panicum amarum (sandy seacoasts, from 

 Connecticut to Florida and the Gulf) . 



Panicum repens (shores of the Gulf of 

 Mexico and in the maritime districts of 

 southern Asia, northern Africa, southern 

 Europe and Australia). 



Redfieldia flexuosa (sandy districts of Ne- 

 braska, Colorado and Kansas). 



Spartina patens (salt marshes from Maine 

 to Florida and along the Gulf coast). 



Spinifex hirsutus (sandy coasts of Aus- 

 tralia, New Zealand and Tasmania). 



Sienotaphrum dimidiatum (tropical and 

 warmer regions of both hemispheres). 



Thuarea sarmentosa (sandy coasts of Cey- 

 lon and northern Australia). 



TJniola panicidata (drifting sands of the 

 seashore, from Virginia to Florida and 

 Texas) . 



Poa macrantha (sand dunes of north- 

 western United States). 



Zoysia pungens (sandy shores of eastern 

 Asia, Australia and New Zealand). 



Charles E. Bessey. 



The Univeesity of Nebraska. 



CURRENT NOTES ON ANTHROPOLOGY. 

 INFLUENCE OF SEX ON CRIME. 



In his interesting work ' Juvenile Offend- 

 ers ' (New York, 1897) Mr. W. Douglas 

 Morrison investigates the question why the 

 criminal records of all nations show more 

 male than female criminals. He reaches 

 the conclusion that, after all explanations 

 are allowed, ' the efiect of sex itself on 

 crime is permanent.' 



An excellent and still more thorough 

 analysis of this important question is pre- 

 sented by Miss Frances Alice Kellor in the 

 International Journal of Ethics, October, 1898. 

 She inclines to the opinion that the less 

 criminality of women is largely apparent 

 only, and, to the extent that it really exists, 

 finds its full explanation in sociologic con- 

 ditions and in biologic facts, not essentially 

 dependent on sex. In other words, that 

 woman's apparent lesser criminalty is not 

 due to inherent moral superiority, but to 

 diminished temptation and opportunity for 

 criminality. Most careful students of eth- 

 nology will certainly agree with this. 



THE PROGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 



The President of the Anthropological Sec- 

 tion of the British Association this year was 

 Mr. E. W. Brabrook. His address was a 

 review of some of the most striking re- 

 cent contributions to anthropologic science. 



