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. that the rows serve the bees as a guide, leading them by means of 
the smooth portion directly to the stamens and style beyond. 
The lower stamens appear at either side of this groove at the 
corolla’s throat (Fig. 1), the upper stamens are shorter and en- 
tirely included. The style is slightly shorter than the lower 
stamens and lies between them (Figs. 2 and 4) in such a way that 
if the bees fail to visit it, it can be self-fertilized, ¢. e., if the pollen 
of its own flower is not impotent. The stamens are erect in the 
bud and the style is but slightly curved forwards. In the older 
m 
Fig. I. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. 
Fic. 1.—Flower from front view. Fic. 2.—Section of flower. Fic. 3.—The 
style.. Fic. 4.-—-Stamens and style seen from below. 
flowers the style is often more curved, so as to bring it into more 
decided contact with any entering body. The stigma (Fig. 3) is 
not exactly lobed, but the harder tissues at its tip are lobed, and 
a softer layer of tissue lies between, exuding a sticky substance. 
The flower is therefore but poorly specialized for cross-fertiliza- 
tion, the hairs constituting its only special characters. I have 
noticed most of the visits by bees in the evening. In the middle 
of the day they seem to prefer other plants—Azg. F. Foerste, 
Granville, Ohio. 
Botany IN Kansas.—In the first number of the Bulletin of the 
Washburn Laboratory of Natural History Professor F. W. Cragin 
publishes lists of Kansas mosses, lichens, alge and fungi. Of 
the mosses a dozen are given, determined by Eugene Rau. 
lichens were identified by H. Willey, and number sixteen species ` 
and varieties. A dozen algæ are given, identified by Francis 
Wolle. The list of fungi includes only the Hymenomycetes, of 
which 158 species are enumerated. In this latter list are some / 
new species, viz., Agaricus alveolatus Cragin, with a pitted pileus ; 
Trametes kansensis Cragin, and Dedalia tortuosa Cragin. This _ 
bulletin gives promise of good work, and no doubt will do much 
to stimulate the collection and identification of the lower plants 
of the State. ; 
FERTILITY oF Hysrips.—From a long article recently published 
by Thos. Meehan, we condense as follows, regretting that space 
will not permit its reproduction entire.—{ Ææ. ] ae 
The facts are that the recorded and undisputed cases of sterility 
in hybrids among plants are so rare that it would seem the onus 
should be on that side to prove the point. The writer does not 
know where to look for cases of undoubted hybrids among 
