OF CERTAIN TERMITE NESTS. 221 



In " Botanische Untersuchungen. S. Schwendener " (1899), 

 he says, '' the spores are rose-red, the pileus — 5 to 20 cm. 

 broad — is distinct from the stalk, at first villous, arched, later 

 expanded circular, umber brown. Stem above ground 10 or 

 more cm. long, up to 2 cm. thick, gray : gills free, rounded 

 at the inner end, moderately crowded, gray- white. Spores 

 elliptic (4-5 fx long ?) : the lower part of the stem which is in 

 the earth is altogether black." 



It is obvious that the agaric figured by Holtermann could 

 not have grown from a comb in situ, since it is only 3 

 centimetres high and could not therefore have appeared above 

 ground. 



Flammula Janseana, P. Henn. et E. Nym. Monsunia 1.(1899, 

 p. 154. Pholiota Janseana, P. Henn. et E. Nym. Naturw. 

 Wochenschr. XIV. (1899), p. 1899 (sic) : Monsunia 1.(1899) 

 p. 18. Agaricus (Pluteus) Rajap, Holtermann in Festschrift 

 fiir Schwendener (1899), pp. 411-421. 



Pileo carnoso, primo viscoso, conico-campanulato, dein 

 convexo-explanato, 4-6 cm. diam., vertice rotundato, radia- 

 tim striato, sericeo, pallide brunneo, margine primo involuto 

 dein revoluto ; stipite subf usif orme , tereti, pallido, ca. °2\ cm. 

 crasso, basi bulboso, Sh cm. incrassato, radicato, atro, usque 

 ad 15 cm. elongato, medio annulo submembranaceo. evan- 

 ido prsedito : lamellis adnatis, subconfertis, primo pallidis, 

 dein brumieis ; cystidiis late clavatis, 30-40 x 15-22 /* ; 

 basidiis clavatis, fuligineis 25-30 x 8-9 ; sporis subglobosis, 

 levibus, 8 n diam., intus granulosis, sordide flavobrunneis. 



Ad nidos termitum in horto Bogoriensi ins. Javae (E. 

 Nyman). — In speciminibus evolutis annulus haud conspicuus, 

 hinc species melius Flammulie adscribenda. Flamm. filipen- 

 dula P. Henn. et E. Nym. 1. c. eujus diagnosis ab auctoribus 

 vitiosa est data, verisimiliter est tantum forma F. Janseana. 



With the exception of the third and fourth the above des- 

 criptions are copied from Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum : I 

 have not had an opportunity of consulting the originals. 

 Berkeley's diagnoses were drawn up from dried specimens 



