116 ON THE MEDICINAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL 



Elaj)horiiices granulatiis, All), and Scliw. ( E. cervinum. — 

 Scler. cermnum, Persli. and Ro(|ues. S In Pa. 



It is stated in Mcr. & De L. that tlie S. cerv. is an aphrodisiac. 

 It exhales a very strong odor, like that of the spermatic fluid ; and 

 charlatans have prepared a tincture Avhich is vaunted as a rem- 

 edy for impotence. 



Sj)h(pria entomorrlmza^ Dicks. ; Fr., Syst. Myc. Eound- headed 

 insect Spha^ria. On dead larv« and pupse of insects. " Yery 

 rare." N. C. 



My friend, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. of St. Johns, S. C. has in his 

 collection several fungi, all of which are attached to the bones 

 about the neck of the insects, generally a caterpillar or common 

 white grub. From a letter just received (April, 1852) he informs 

 me that he has discovered three new species of these insect splise- 

 rise in St. Johns, S. C. under the following names : 8. insectivora, 

 Eav. ; HiiypocrcB Ravenellii, Berk, and Curt. ; and S. Santensis, E. 



The filament of this species, Mr. Berkley says, was found by 

 Dr. Hooker attached to a caterpillar — in his own specimen they 

 were atta'ched to a chrysalis. The perithecia were completely 

 sunk in the flesh. 



Beticularia maxima, Fr. \ Large Reticularia. On 



Lycopodium echinoformis, Sow. f trunks of felled trees. Pa. 

 A quantity of the sporidia subjected to a considerable heat, 

 by Dr. AVollaston, formed a phosphoric glass. Crypt. England. 



Clathrus ca7icellatus, Linn., Spec. 1648 ; Eoques, 371. 

 " volvaceris, Bull. 441. 



" ruher, Mich. Gen. PI. 



"We observe in the Crypt. England that all the species of Clath- 

 rus are under Trichia. 



The flesh of this singular plant is very foetid and deliquescent, 

 exhaling an odor so infectious as to force naturalists to jnirify the 

 chambers in which it is carved. It must be placed among the 

 deleterious species. 



A young person having eaten a bit of it, after six hours suf- 

 fered from a painful tension of the lower stomach, and violent 

 convulsions. He lost the use of speech, and fell into a state of 

 stupor, which lasted for forty-eight hours. After taking an emetic 

 he threw up a fragment of the mushroom, with two worms, and 

 mucus tinged with blood. Milk, oil, and emollient fomentations, 

 were then employed with success. 



