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swollen root of some tree or shrub which has been sawed off at one 
end and broken off (so as to be ragged and fibrous) at the other. 
As for the figures of Colonnaria, they bear a general resemblance to 
Laternea columnata, in that they have a receptacle composed of 
four branches united at the top and base ; but here the analogy 
ends, for C. truncata is surmounted by a perfectly square, sharp- 
cornered, open box, full as wide as the lower extremity of the 
fungus, and the edge of which is decorated with what looks like a 
cylmdncal molding. The other species, C. urceolata, has somewhat 
the same habit, but differs in the substitution of a wide circular ring 
or collar for the " box "—its edge likewise being finished off with 
the ornamental molding. The species of neither of the genera are 
provided \yith a volva, and both of those of the last- mentioned 
genus remind me very strongly of certain quaint objects which I 
have seen in collections of Japanese ceramics. I venture to say 
that no so absurd fungi as these ever were, or ever will be, found on 
the face of the earth. 
^ The small collection of plates is perhaps of interest in connec- 
tion with the bibhography of American botany, and as unique relics 
ot one of Its earliest, as well as one of its most eccentric students. 
Ihe figures of flowering-plants may be of use in helping to eluci- 
date the author's vague descriptions, but the plates of fungi will only 
serve to show what a useless m.ass of rubbish would certainly have 
been inflicted upon my cological science had not the fortunate ship- 
wreck of 1815 supervened. 
W. R. G. 
Flora of Richmond Co., N. Y.— Additions, corrections and new 
localities, 1883-1884. 
Delphinium Consolida, L.— Roadsides near Richmond. 
(A^- ^"W^^i""^"^^^' L.— Stapleton Flats; introduced in ballast. 
^Miss C O. Thompson.) 
Thiaspi arvense, L.— Clove Lake 
Keseda odorata, L.—" Waste places, S. I., 1865;" (Wm. H. 
Ljeggett ) Mr. Samuel Henshaw, also, states that he knew of one 
plant which had grown and flourished for several successive years in 
the crevice of a stone wall in Stapleton. 
w y^^'iP"^^^^^"^, Alt., var. eriocarpa, Nutt. Near Barrett's Dye 
Works, Port Richmond. 
Ascyrum Crux-AndrecB, L.— Richmond Valley and Tottenville. 
(i.,-^^''!^ z^^/^'-^/vV, Host.— Stapleton Flats; introduced in ballast. 
(Miss C. O. Thompson.) 
^Y/^;^«^r/«r««,L.— Stapleton Flats; introduced in ballast. (Miss 
C O. Thompson.) 
Stellaria gratninea, L. Tottenville, Four Corners, New Brighton 
and New Springville. Appears to be spreading and is much less 
rare than formerly. (Replaces .S". borealis, Bigel., of our catalogue.) 
Vtcta hirstita, Koch.— New Brighton. Rare. 
Vitts cordifolia, Mchx., var. riparia, Gr.— Garretsons. 
Cytissus triflorus, L'Her. Todt Hill; escaped from cultivation. 
