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249 (three times); Azne/aria (Anellaria) p. 265. And furthermore 
what is to be thought of the following ?— 77 ‘choloma aurantia, p. 86, 
Calostoma cinnabarina, p. 212, 213, and pl. 72. Yet we find the 
author on page 168 holding up his hands (if that be the interpretation 
of his exclamation point) at Mr. Lloyd's * Wammula rhodoxanthus\” 
Of minor importance, yet perhaps worth a comment, is the incon- 
sistency shown in retaining Vittadini's original spelling rachodes (in 
Lepiota rhacodes) while changing Fries's pargamenus (in Poiystictus 
pergamenns). Is it not better to spell rhacodes correctly ? 
Nine “ new species " are described and illustrated: Amanita flocco- 
cephala, A. velatipes, A. cothurnata, Lepiota asperula, Mycena cyano- 
thrix, Hypholoma rugocephalum. Bolbitius variicolor, Paxillus corruga- 
tus, and Hydnum putidum. Of certain of these a fuller discussion 
would be welcome. Amanita floccocephala, for instance, does not 
stand out clearly from 4. phalloides; A. cothurnata, suggests Peck's 
A. crenulata, both in description and figures; Mycena cyanothrix 
seems too close to M. cyaneobasis Peck, which is admittedly near M. 
calorhiza Bres. a species identified by some with M. /ris Berk.; yet 
there is nothing to show that the older species were studied in con- 
nection with the forms proposed as new. 
To the great and increasing number of people who want informa- 
tion about our mushrooms Mr. Atkinson’s “Studies” will be as 
helpful as any single book obtainable. It is certainly the best col- 
lection yet published of illustrations of our species. 
The long expected Flora of Vermont! by Messrs. E. Brainerd, 
L. R. Jones, and W. W. Eggleston has just been issued. It covers 
the ferns and seed-plants of the State and bears evidence of great 
care in its preparation, indeed it is probable that no local flora has 
been compiled with more conscientious effort to present in well- 
judged form the results of recent segregation among American flow- 
ering plants. The editors have wisely chosen a conservative course 
in nomenclature. This welcome addition to the literature of New 
England botany is gracefully and appropriately dedicated to New 
England's veteran collector, Cyrus Guernsey Pringle. 
‘Contrib. to Bot. of Vermont viii, extracted from the 20th Vermont Agric. 
Report, 8vo. 113 pp. 
Vol. 3, No. 25, including pages r to 18 and plate 22, was issued January 2, 
1901. i 
