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mens have cystidia of the minimum dimensions given for the 



species and with less than the usual incrustation, as is the case 



with cystidia of the type of S. nicaraguense ; perhaps these two 



specimens are Hymenochaete pallida. 

 Specimens examined: 



Exsiccati: Smith, Central Am. Fungi, 95 and 93 a and b, under 

 the name Siereum rufo-fulvum (Mont.), and 94, under the 

 name S. purpureum. 



Florida: Adams Key, Dade Co., J. H. Small & C. A. Hosier, 

 6364, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Card. Herb, (in Mo. Bot. Card. 

 Herb., 71448); Miami, W. H. Long, 18310 (in Mo. Bot. 

 Card. Herb., 55442); Palm Beach, R. Thaxter, 16 (in Mo. 

 Bot. Card. Herb., 43927). 



Cuba: type, from Montague (in Kew Herb.), and C. Wright, 

 274, and 24-0, both under the name S. membranaceum (both 

 in Curtis Herb.); Alto Cedro, L. M. Underwood & F. S. 

 Earle, 1481, 1492, 1584, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Card. Herb.; 

 Ceballos, C. J.Humphreij, 2726 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); 

 El Yunque Mt., Baracoa, L. M. Underwood & F. S. Earle, 

 364 (in N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb, and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 

 56714), and 739, 745, and 1233, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb.; Managua, Earle & Murrill, 32, comm. by N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb.; San Diego de los Baiios, Earle & Mur- 

 rill, 264, 356, 362, 367, 380, all comm. by N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb. 



Porto Rico: Espinosa, /. A. Stevenson, 2751 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb., 5554). 



Jamaica: A. E. Wight, comm. by W. G. Farlow; Hope Gardens, 

 F. S. Earle, I4I, 165, 431, 494, all comm. by N. Y. Bot. 

 Gard. Herb.; Port Maria, F. S. Earle, 467, comm. by N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb.; Troy and Tyre, W. A. Murrill & W. 

 Harris, 898, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.; West- 

 moreland, F. S. Earle, 425 A, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb.; San Juan, F. S. Earle, 62, comm. by N. Y. Bot. 

 Gard. Herb. 



Mexico: Colima, W. A. & E. L. Murrill, 637, 648, comm. by 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb, (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 54583, 

 54584) ; Jalapa, C. L. Smith, in Smith, Central Am. Fungi, 

 93a; Orizaba, W. A. & E. L. Murrill, 748, comm. by N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb, (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 54655). 



