[N] This, of course, in case, as Meehan states, the large anthers do not dehisce. Of course the statement loses entirely its significance if, as Robertson states, the large stamens furnish pollen for cross-fertilization. [O] While the experiments made upon artificial pollination were very limited, it will be seen that the pollen from the large stamen in no case fertilized over twenty-nine per cent. of the flowers pollinated from it. These flowers, however, were on the same raceme; so the low per cent. might be due to this, or to the mechanical manipulation. The suggestion that the pollen of the large stamen is less fertile than that of the smaller ones is at least interesting as a working hypothesis. [P] Notes on Stamens of Solanaceæ, Bot. Gaz., vol. XV, pp. 103-106, 1890. [Q] Observations on the number of seeds produced and the surety of fertilization may be of especial interest, when the wonderful distribution which this plant has attained in recent years is taken into consideration. The original habitat of _S. rostratum_ was the southwestern portion of the United States. It has since spread over a large part of the United States, in many places being recognized as a very noxious weed. It is also reported from several European localities. Reports on the destructiveness of the plant as a weed may be found in publications of the agricultural departments, as: Dewey, L. H., A Weed Bulletin, Farmers’ Series, No. 28, U. S. Dept. Agr.; Pammel, L. H., Two Noxious Weeds, Bull. Iowa Exp. Sta., 1895. L. H. Pammel,—Distribution of Some Weeds in the United States, especially _Iva xanthifolia_, _Lactuca scariola_, _Solanum carolineum_, and _Solanum rostratum_, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 1895, vol. II, pp. 103-127—gives the eastward migration of this weed up to 1895. [R] The racemes of _S. rostratum_ are produced by a scorpoid sympodial dichotomy of the branch, in which the racemes represent the alternate branches. At first the raceme develops much more rapidly than the bud which is to continue the main stem, and so the racemes, when flowering, are always well towards the outside of the plant. [S] Robertson, Charles, _loc. cit._ Transcriber's Notes: Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Kansas University Science Bulletin (Vol. I, No. 1), by Various