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na, . ly cultivated 
hite (e. g. Spartina, Nardus, Lepturus, and all the commonly 
amis es are many also in which some individuals have purple, and 
others of the same species have yellowish-white anthers (e. g. neo 
pratensis, A. geniculatus, Phleum pratense, Anthoxanthum, Dacty Heese 
in this last case we never find the two colours of anthers = ie 
My attention was directed to this by the Rev. W. W. New g e e 
wished me to see if there were not other differences between the whi 
purple anthered forms of Alopecurus pratensis, but I have been una 
ind ne o 
colour, but in a few species Alopecurus pratensis, A. semen m 
agrestis, Dactylis glomerata), they change from urple or eae m e 
lvous brown; but this change does not take place een pi 
empty and dead. I suppose it is much as we see in a beech he m 
hi ; 
: TRE: h 
P. ii. G. Knages. He says, under ‘flowers as alluring baits for moths 
(Lepidopterist’s Guide. ed. ip as : ra, 
fluitans). — S (tilbe) anomala, A (grotis) tritici, cursoria and you 
L (eucania), impura and conigera, N (octua) , paese 
T (riphena) fimbria, A (pamea) gemina, C (elena) 
al 
Noctua umbrosa, Agrotis exclamationis, T, riphæna pronuba, &c. ction was 
sandhills I have noticed a similar phenomenon, when pate gee pore 
the flowers o Psamma arenaria, and at Balmuto Dactylis glom d. 
attractive to moths, thoug 
ucuba 
ÁUCUBA JAPONICA. — I herewith send you a berry of - eor 
Japonica, which, though not yet ripe, is, as you will see, very W 
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which 
shrubbery, a seedling of several years growth was found, 
n nesis, 
facts, unless. we attribute them to lagern sn 
. p aving 
polygamous, the terms hermaphr nd dicecious h ed 
, is refe 
ouly a relative meaning.— W, E. Hart. [Our correspondent is re 
