

208 Banker : A preliminary Contribution 



reported only by A. P. Morgan from Kentucky and Ohio. I 

 have not seen an unquestionable specimen of it and am in doubt 

 as to its true character. As this is a strictly American plant and 

 seems to be well characterized, it is desirable that it should be 

 better known and better represented in our herbaria, especially 

 considering that it is now over fifty years since it was first de- 

 scribed by Berkeley, and yet in that time only two specimens of it 

 have ever been reported. As the original description will not 

 be readily accessible to many, I add it in part for the purpose of 

 assisting in the identification of the plant. 



u Pileus 3 inches broad, convex smooth, of a tough, fleshy 

 substance, at length much cracked and split, margin involute. 



Stem 1 1 A-2 inches high, 3/ of an inch or more thick, buff, and 



split like the pileus, tender when fresh. Spines even, subulate, 

 entire, soft, of a pale buff. Smell vinous. A remarkable rigid 

 species when dry." 



4 'Allied to //. candidiun and H. repandum" Lond. Jour. Bot. 



6: 323. 1847. 



It is to be hoped that collectors, especially in Ohio, will watch 

 closely for this interesting plant. 



8. Hydnum Curtisii Berk. Grevillea, 1:71. 1872 



Type Loc. : South Carolina (Curtis). 



The plant does not seem to be readily distinguished from H. 

 levigatiim especially in view of the uncertainties connected with the 

 latter. The chief distinctions seem to be the smaller size, less 

 than 5 cm. wide, with the stem attenuate upward from a bulbous 

 base. 



It has never been reported since its discovery, but a plant 

 found by Earle in Alabama and now in the Underwood Herba- 

 rium has been referred here. It appears to conform fairly well to 

 the description but the latter is too meager to be entirely satisfac- 

 tory. 



9. Hydnum levigatum Swartz, Kongl. vet. Acad, nya handl. 



1810 : 243. 1810 



Icon : Fries, Sverig. atl. Svamp. pi. 8 if. Barla, Champ. 

 Prov. de Nice pi. 38. f. 5, 6 {?) ; Bresadola, Fung. Trid. pL 



Type Loc. : European. 



