128 Rhodora [JULY 
several cotyledons of diverse sizes and irregular positions. The earlier 
in the summer observations are made on the germinating seeds the 
better, since the smaller embryos are usually soon crowded out and 
killed by the growth of the larger. One may either observe the sprout- 
ing seeds growing naturally among the old plants, or gather ripe fruits 
and grow the seeds in pots the next spring. Similar observations upon 
O. Rafinesquii are desirable, especially ‘as it is not known whether 
or not that species is polyembryonic at all. — W. F. GANONG, Smith 
College. 
LIST OF VERMONT MYXOMYCETES WITH NOTES. 
LUELLA C. WHITNEY. 
Tur following list of forty-six species is a complete catalogue of the 
Myxomycetes thus far found in Vermont. This group of plants was 
studied at Middlebury College by Miss F. M. Sutton and the writer, 
who took their material from the collections made by Dr. E. A. Burt 
of Middlebury College and Prof. L. R. Jones of the University of 
Vermont. Speciments of all but two are now in the College Herbarium. 
Badhamia utricularis Berk., B. magna Pk., B. macrocarpa Rost. ; 
Physarum leucopus Link, P. viride Pers., P. murinum List., P. nutans 
Pers., P. didermoides Rost., P. cinereum Pers., P. bivalve Pers., P. 
contextum Pers., P. virescens Ditm.; Fuligo septica Gmelin, F. ochracea 
Pk.; Leocarpus vernicosus Link; Chondrioderma spumarioides Rost., 
C. globosum Rost. ; Didymium farinaceum Schrad.; Spumaria alba 
DC.; Stemonitis fusca Roth, S. splendens Rost., S. ferruginea Ehrenb., 
S. Smithii Macbr.; Comatrichia typhoides Rost.; Lamproderma 
_physaroides Rost.; Brefeldia maxima Rost.; Cribraria macrocarpa 
Schrad. ; Zubulina fragiformis Pers.; Siphoptychium Casparyi Rost. ; 
Enteridium Rozeanum Wing. ; Trichia favoginea Pers., T. persimilis 
Karst., 7. scabra Rost., T. varia Pers., 7. contorta Rost., 7. fallax 
Pers. ; Hemitrichia rubiformis Pers., H. clavata Pers., H. Serpula Pers. ; 
Arcyria ferruginea Sauter, A. albida Pers., A. punicea Pers., A. in- 
carnata Pers., A. flava Pers.; Perichaena populina Fr.; Lycogala 
mintatum Pers. 
SirhoprycHium Casparyi Rost., which has hitherto been recorded for 
only two American stations, the Adirondacks and the White Mountains, 
was found growing profusely on a log near Lost Pleiad Pond. In this 
species the cylindrical sporangia are united to form an aethalium, 
