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Badhamia varia, Massee (p. 319), is another new name made 
under the same circumstances as Craterium confusum. It includes 
Badhamia hyalina, capsulifera, utricularis and magna. The author 
is probably correct in uniting these species, but his new name will 
scarcely be accepted in this age of the world. 
Even a casual discussion of the classification would occupy 
so much space that one must be contented merely to state here 
the opinion that the group Peritrichie includes organisms having 
only the most slender geometrical similarities, and that a natural 
arrangement would compel a division into several orders, codrdi- 
nate with the other three. 
The genera Licea and Lindbladia are united to Tudulina, 
though these are as well-defined as most of those that remain. 
The value of a character is to be sought in its constancy, not in its 
size, and its importance may not be impaired in one group, be- 
cause it is variable in another. By reason of the fact that the 
genus Licea is no longer recognized, the following note under 77d- 
ulina Lindheimeri is curious: “ The type specimen is so thoroughly 
crushed that it is impossible to say whether the plant is a Licea or 
a Tubulina, but in all probability the latter, as there appear to be 
indications of the bases of crowded sporangia.” 
Physarum cespitosum, Peck, is referred to Tudulina. T. micro- 
spora Cke. (Grevillea, xvi. 116) is not described as a species, nor. 
mentioned as a synonym. 
Regarding the validity of Mr. Wingate’s family Orcadellacee 
the author says: «Iam afraid that such trivial characters are ad- 
mitted as sufficient for family characteristics, those left for generic 
distinctions will be reduced to inappreciable quantities.” This 
solicitude for generic distinctions is very commendable, but it 
should not have prevented the realization that Orcadella is about 
as different from its so-called relatives as a Myxomyces without 
columella and capillitium could well be. 
Rostafinski’s genus /eterodictyon is united, probably with great 
propriety, to Crbraria. 
Stemonitis and Comatricha are united under the former name. 
The distinctions previously alleged between these genera were 
purely imaginary, and it is well not to separate the species until 
better reasons can be found for so doing 
