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between South Africa and Australasia, a theory which is suggested so 
strongly in many of the Phanerogams of South Africa *. 
The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr. Geo. Massee for 
determining many of the species, and for his kind help and suggestions. 
List of Fungi collected at the Victoria Falls and other places in 
South Africa in August and September 1905. 
GASTROMYCETZ. 
NIDULARIACER, 
CYATHUS STERCOREUS, De Toni. 
Victoria Falls : Livingstone Island. 
Distrib. America, Australasia. 
LYCOPERDACEJE. 
GEASTER LIMBATUS, Fr. 
Victoria Falls : Palm Kloof. 
Distrib. Europe, Africa, America, 
LYCOPERDON LILACINUM, Berk. 
Victoria Falls : edge of Rain Forest. 
Distrib. Asia, Africa, America, Australasia. 
HYMENOMYCETÆ. 
AGARICACEJE. 
LEPIOTA sp. 
Matoppo Hills, shaded place on the edge of a stream. 
COLLYBIA sp. 
Groot Schuur near Cape Town. 
MYCENA sp. 
Groot Schuur near Cape Town. 
VOLVARIA sp. 
Victoria Falls: East Ferry, on а fallen branch of a Baobab-tree. 
* The Natal Coal-bearing rocks of Permo-Carboniferous age produce some six or eight 
species of the fossil plant Glossopteris, which are also abundant in the Coal-beds of the 
same age in Australia. 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL, XXXVIII, 2G 
