1923] Weir,—Note on Poria fatiscens 163 
the persistent bracts which exceed the combined pedicel and mature 
capsule in length; seeds black, globose, about 2 mm. in diameter, 
with uneven contour; murications small, low and flat.—Amaryllideae 
84 (1837). Curculigo recurvata Aiton f. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 253 
(1811); Bot. Reg. ix. t. 770 (1823). Molineria plicata Colla, Hort. 
Rip. App. ii. 331, t. 18 (1825).— Tropical Asia, Australia and the 
Philippine Islands. 
The drawing of this seed was made from specimen no. 18196, 
distributed by A. D. E. Elmer, and now in the Gray herbarium. It 
was collected in Los Bafios (Mt. Maquiling), Province of Laguna, 
Island of Luzon, June-July, 1917. Molinería has been very often 
confused with Curculigo and the specimens have been distributed 
as C. recurvata, C. gracilis Kurz and C. aquasanensis Elmer. 
NOTE ON PORIA FATISCENS. 
JAMES R. WEIR. 
In a recent comparison of the types of some Porias described from 
North America, it was determined that the synonymy of Porta 
fatiscens is as follows: 
Porta FATISCENS (Berk. & Rav.) Cke. Grev. 14: 114, 1886. 
Polyporus fatiscens (Berk. & Rav.) in Berk. Grev. 1: 65. 1872. 
Type from South Carolina by Ravenel on dead branches (Rav. 
Fung. Car. Fasc. 2: No. 21.) Type preserved. Kew, Cambridge, 
Mass. (Curtis Herb.); Washington (Rav. Fung. Car. and Michener 
Herb.). 
Polyporus tenellus Berk. € Cke; Cooke € Ellis Grev. 6: 81. 1878. 
Type from Newfield, N. J., by Ellis on pine boards, aii New 
York (Ellis Herb. no. 1825); Ellis, N. A. F. no. 804. Langlois, no. 
433 under this name (Herb. U. S. D. A.) is Poria vesiculosa (Berk. 
& Curt.) Cke. 
Polyporus semitinctus Peck, Ann. Rept. N. Y. State Mus. 37: 37. 
1879. "Type from Griffins, N. Y., by Peck on wood of Acer, preserved 
at Albany (Peck Herb.). 
Poria tenella (Berk. & Cke.) Cke. Grev. 14: 114. 1886. 
Poria semitincta (Pk.) Cke. Grev. 14: 115. 1886. 
Poria subviolacea Ellis & Ev. Amer. Nat. 31: 339. 1897. Type 
from Newfield, N. J., by Ellis, on oak branches, preserved, New York 
(Ellis Herb.) Cambridge (Farlow Herb.), Ellis N. A. F. 3513, 2d Ser. 
CHARACTERS:—Sporophore resupinate, extensively effused under 
favorable conditions in orbicular or elongated patches 2-15 cm. long 
and 3-9 cm. broad, soft membranaceous, somewhat pulverulent 
