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Botanical 0a3ette 



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Edited by John M. Coulter, with the assistance of other members of the botanical staff of the 



University of Chicago. 



Issued December J 6, J912 



Vol. LIV 



CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER J9J2 



No. 6 



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THE LIFE HISTORY OF CUTLERIA. Contributions from the Hull Botanical Labora- 

 tory 163 (with fifteen figures and plates xxvi-xxxv). . Shige'o Yamanouchi 



THE NATURE OF THE ABSORPTION AND TOLERANCE OF 



IN BOGS 



Alfred Dachno 



INGROWING SPROUTS OF SOLANUM TUBEROSUM (with plate xxxvi and six figures) 



C. Stuart Gager 



THE ABORTIVE SPIKE OF BOTRYCHIUM. Contributions from the Hull Botanical 



Laboratory 164 (with twenty-one figures). O. O. Stoland ------ 



PLANTS WHICH REQUIRE SODIUM (with two figures). W. J. V. Oskrhout - 



BRIEFER ARTICLES 



The Perfect Stage of the Ascochyta on the Hairy Vetch. George F. Atkinson 

 Gautieria in the Eastern United Stati . George F. Atkinson - 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



MINOR NOTICES 



NOTES FOR STUDENTS 



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