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the same diameter throughout, but with rounded and scaly ends, and is 

 altogether too meagre a drawing to admit of any definite determination. 

 It is probably the phalloid, Cynophallus canlnus. 



The third citation, Nees (23), refers merely to a copy of Bosc's 

 figure under the name Lyeoperdon transversarium Bosc. 



Cionium Carolinense, which is further referred to by Fries as a 

 synonym, is described by Sprengel (28) as follows : " Cionium caro- 

 linense, sessile oblongum irregulare glabrum, columella elongata. Caro- 

 lina (Lyeoperdon transversarium Bosc)." The characters of Cionium, 

 however, as given by Link (17) who instituted the genus, do not 

 justify Sprengel in making this reference, as is manifest from the 

 following description : " Cionium. Sporangium subglobosum, aid dlf- 

 forme. Perldlum simplex, membranaceum, rumpens } squamulatim 

 fatiscens. Flocci intus versus basin adnati. Columella intra perl- 

 dlum. Sporldla coacervata. 



" Sporangium prima aetate molle. . . . Sporidia majuscula, globosa, 

 plerumque atra. Hujus loci Didymium complanatum, farinaceum." 



Finally the only reference to the name Hercvlea is that of Fries (9), 

 where he simply states that he had, in preparing his manuscript, called 

 the genus containing the species " elatum " and " transversarium " Her- 

 cidea, but that Greville had forestalled him by the publication of the 

 name Cauloglossum, which should stand. 



In the Genera Plantarum, 1836, Endlicher enumerates among the 

 Gastromycetes Cauloglossum transversarium Fries. ; while Fries again 

 in 1845, writing on the vegetation of Scandinavia, mentions Cauloglos- 

 sum Fr. under the Podaxinei, a group of the Lycoperdaceae. He places 

 the name in brackets, intending doubtless to indicate that it is not found 

 in Scandinavia. 



In the Vegetable Kingdom, 1853, John Lindley includes Cauloglos- 

 sum Fr. under the Podaxinei. 



Another and fuller record by Fries (12) is to be found in the Nov. 

 Symb. My col. 1857 : " Cauloglossum transversarium. S. M. Ill, 

 p. 61. In Carolina, Curtis, et in" Mexico. Secundum haec specimina 

 juvenilia a Secotlo hoc genus tantum differt peridio clavato et stipite 

 contiguo, observante jam Berkeleyo. Habitu et facie adeo exacte con- 

 venit cum C. elato, exoleto modo lecto, ut de genericu identitate non 

 dubitem." 



In Grevillea (1), 1873, is the following record : 



" Cauloglossum transversarium Fr. Car. Inf. No. 267. In wet, 

 sandy places. Dull brownish yellow." M. J. Berkeley. 



