Dacryopsis Ellisiana (Vlassee 



By E. J. Di t rand 



In a note with the above title in the Bulletin for September, 

 Mr. George Massee calls attention to my error * in considering 

 Coryne Ellisii Berk, to be the same as Graphium giganteiim (Peck) 

 Sacc. Mr. Massee's point is well taken, and I hasten to acknowl- 

 edge my mistake, as well as to thank him for pointing it out. In 

 July Mr. Massee wrote me regarding this point, and very kindly 

 enclosed a fragment of the type of Coryne Ellisii. This specimen 

 which I have just had opportunity to examine has convinced me 

 that my conclusion was wrong. 



Mr. Massee says that he cannot say why I made such a mis- 

 take. I will try to explain. I had access to two specimens which 

 I supposed to be authentic. In the first place, the original speci- 

 mens of Coryne Ellisii were collected and sent to Berkeley by El- 

 lis. I assumed, therefore, that the specimens in the N. A. f • 

 1383 had been compared with duplicates of the type. In the 

 second place, I have in my collection a specimen called Graphium 

 giganteiim from Professor Burt, which bears on the label the fol- 

 lowing note : " Dacryopsis Ellisiana (Berk.) Massee. A dupli- 

 cate from the collection authenticated as D. Ellisiana by Massee.' 

 Both of these specimens are Graphium giganteiim (Peck) Sacc, 



with no indications of basidia. 



In the light of these specimens I think it only natural that 

 both Professor Burt and myself should conclude that Dacryopsis 

 Ellisiana [Coryne Ellisii Berk.) and Graphium giganteiim (Peck) 

 Sacc. were the same. 



* Bull. Torr. dub, 28 : 349-355- Je. 1901. 



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