afterward. Spikes [illegible] 1/2 in wide or less its short branches somewhat shorter than in A. Caudatus that the general effect is like a bottle brush (with bristles wired on a central stem). Spikes are slender & narrow at apex (B.M.) C.P.). Still more parisibly looking than A. Caudatus but less so than A. retroflexus. Axis often visible. "B" [illegible] green infl. & adults red, more parisibly looking and axis not visible. R.B.K. inclines to think there may be A. paniculatus chiefly because spikes are "acute narrow at apex" not "broad & blunt" making a lumpier effect as B.M.C descr. for A. hybridus var hypochondriacus and as remembered in apee 10-13-32 at Slake's Tea Room. R.B.K. has definite mental picture of the 3 species of cult. red Amaranthus based on descriptions and specimens of A. Caudatus 8-9-34, A. hybridus var hypochondriacus 10-13-32 and A. paniculatus 8-7-34. But note that young infl of A. Caudatus 8-9-34 might easily be mistaken for A. [illegible] by paniculatus and R.B.K's mental picture for B. would apply only to well developed & well marked forms of the 3 species. A. retroflexus next for comparison with the above was from Villeneuve Dump 9-8-34 the same as frequently found in that region elsewhere.