532 General Notes. 
A DEPAUPERATE GRass.—The accompanying illustrations (Figs. 
1 and 2) show a depauperate individual of Sporobolus vagineeflorus, 
found entangled in the roots of a Solidago 
which was collected on the high prairie a few 
miles southwest of Lincoln. This little grass 
had three flowers, two of which had ripened 
seeds. The lower one of the three 
was still included in the upper leaf 
sheath. 
The sod from which the speci- 
men was taken was formed of 
Stipa spartea, Andropogon provin- 
cialis, A. scoparius and Boutelowa 
| racemosa, and a close observer 
would find no trace of the Sporobo- 
lus. In fact, S. vaginæflorus does 
not appear on the uplands except 
where the ground has been broken 
by natural or artificial agencies. 
The presence of this single speci- Fre, 2-A spike- 
men clinging to the roots of alsa ien diam- 
high prairie denizen is of great sig- eters. 
nificance in explaining its apparently sudden 
appearance on gopher mounds and along culti- 
ted fields. 
od 
bein et 
Fig. 1.—Plant of Sporo- 
bolus vaginæflorus Torr., Va 
natural size, 
club of the term Anthophyta for the Flowering plants.—The 
Proceedings of the Forestry Convention, held in Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, January 26 and 27, 1888, has been published in A 
pamphlet of sixty pages, and contains along with much indifferen 
matter some which has value.—In marked contrast with the ae 
going in the treatment of the subject are the “ Lectures on Fores 
and Forest Products,’ given by Dr. G. L. Goodale before = 
Lowell Institute, in February and March of 1888. The Sylla 
of the lectures shows a thoroughly scientific treatment of the su 
ject. Perhaps the two methods of handling the subject are neces- 
sary, but for our part we greatly prefer that of the Harvard 
