BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



white to cream color; stipe 6-7 inches high, 1-2 inches thick, 

 floccososquamose, bulbous, rooting, bulbs large and conical, extend- 

 ine 6-8 inches below the surface, ring large, lacerated, volva short, 

 encircling the bulb like a frill, lacerated at margin ; odor delightful, 

 somewhat resembling that of our edible A. campefris, but more pow- 

 erful; the aroma from the bulb is even greater than from the pileus ; 

 spores .00057 X .00035 inch, plant gregarious; open places in woods. 

 One more plant, Zylaria polymorpha, Grev., which grew on an old 

 stump at Druid Hill Park, completed the collection made in June and 

 July, 1879. 



The heavy rains of August brought Agarics and Boleti in both sec- 

 tions of the State, but at no time were they so plentiful as in past 

 years, neither did they continue later than the first week in September, 

 in consequence of a second drought. Possibly, if one had explored 

 eastern Maryland extensively, new and different forms might have 

 been discovered, but with the exception of Panus strigosun, B. & C, 

 found there only, the flora of the two sections was j^recisely the same, 

 except that the plants from eastern Maryland were generally larger. 

 A. {Amanita) muscarius, L., was remarkably beautiful, pileus 8-9 

 inches broad, canary yellow, covered with pale ochraceous warts ; 

 margin striate; lamellae white; stipe 6-7 inches thick, bulbous; volva 

 broken up skirting the bulb in large, heavy flakes; ring large ; fuga- 

 ceous; spores .00026 x .00032 inch. In western Maryland this plant 

 was scarce, dwarfed in size, and not to be found in woods it occupied 

 in 1878. The pileus varies in color from ochraceous brown to canary 

 yellow; the spores were also slightly smaller, .00018 x .00032 inch. 

 A. {Amanita) ri'besccns, Pers., also a very handsome plant, had a 

 pileus 8 inches broad, dark red to sienna red, covered with brown 

 warts, margin striate ; lamellte white; stipe 7-8 inches high, bulbous, 

 almost fringed with red scales; spores .00022 x. 00032 inch. In western 

 Maryland the stipes were without one exception clothed with red 

 scales, not marked or streaked with red as heretofore ; pileus 4-5 

 inches across; stipe 3-4 inches high; spores .00018 x. 0003 2 inch. The 

 flesh in all turned red when cut or bruised, but this is not constant ; 

 very often the flesh is white and unchanging. A. {Amanita) vaginatiis. 

 Bull., from eastern Maryland, was unusually large and beautiful ; the 

 pileus measured 6-7 inches across, more or less studded with scales 

 at disk, not persistent, mouse gray, margin deeply and beautifully 

 striate ; lamellae white, striped with a cottony substance ; stipe 6-7 

 inches hio^h, sericeo squamulose, hollow or stuff'ed, volva sheatlilike; 

 spores .00032 X .00040 inch. The easy splitting of the stipe longitud 

 inally seems to be a constant character in the fungus. In western 

 Maryland, A. vaginatiis rarely measures more than 3-5 inches across 

 pileus, variable in color, mouse gray or various shades of slate color, 

 sometimes white ; lamellae with or without the cottony stuffing ; pileus 

 with or without scales. A. {Amanita) nitidiis Fr. , was large in both 

 sections of the State, with a pileus 6-8 inches broad, white with a 

 tinge of umber, deepened at disk, covered with pale cinereous warts ; 

 margin not deeply striate ; lamellae white, stipe 4-5 inches high, solid, 

 squamose, attenuated upwards, bulbous at base, ring fugaceous ; 



