552 ; General Notes. [June, 
hexamerous and pentamerous forms have been sent to Dr. Asa 
Gray for cultivation, at his request.—G. A. Brennan, Roseland, IU. 
~ SOME ABNORMAL Forms oF VAUCHERIA.—While engaged in the 
study of Vaucheria with my classes in botany, some weeks since, 
my attention was called to some very curious abnormal develop- 
Abnormal forms of Vaucheria. 
species of Vaucheria in the neighborhood of Detroit is re 
inata Vauch, var. racemosa, and it was in this species that the a0 
iormal growths referred to were 2 
ments that seemed to me worthy of record. The commonest 
