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the male element is found is uniformly termed an anthcridhitn ; the 

 ciliated fecundating bodies are termed anthcruzoids, those destitute of 

 vibratile cxYxa. pol/i/ioids. 



For the unfertilized female protoplasmic mass, it is proposed to 

 retain the term oosphere and to establish from it a corresponding series 

 of terms ending in sphere. The authors ]Dropose the syllable sperm as 

 the basis of the various terms applied to all those bodies which are the 

 immediate result of impregnation. The entire female organ before 

 fertilization, whether unicellular or multicellular, is designated by a 

 set of terms ending in goniiii/i. 



The following table exhibits concisely the proposed system in the 

 different classes of Cryptogams : 



I. ZvGOSPERME.^i. Zygogoniinn containing Zygosphcre, fertilized 

 Zygosperm. 



II. OosPERMEvE. Male organ, Antlieridium containing Antliero- 

 zoids or Poll i no ids. 



Female organ. Oogonium, containing Oosphere, fertilized Oosperm. 



III. Carposperme/e. Male organ, Antheridium containing Au' 

 therozoids or Pollinoids. 



Female organ, Carpogoniiim containing Carposphere, fertilized 

 Caiposperm. 



IV. CORMOPHYTA. Male organ, Antheridium, containing An- 

 therozoids. 



Female organ, Archegonium containing Archesphere, fertilized 

 Archespei m. 



In the Carpophvce/I': the process is complicated, being effected 

 by means of a special female organ which may be called the triehogo- 

 nium; the ultimate result of impregnation is a mass of tissue known 

 as the eystoearp, within which are produced the germinating bodies 

 which must be designated earpospores. Any one of these impregnated 

 bodies which remains in a dormant condition for a time before germi- 

 nating is a hvpnosperm. 



In the Basidiomyeeies, Aseomyceies and some other classes, it is 

 ])roposed to substitute the term fruefijieafion for "receptacle" for the 

 entire non-sexual generation which bears the spores. — A. P. Morgan. 



New Species of Fungi found in Maryland. — Agaricus 

 (Tricholoma) cellaris. — Pileus convex, obtuse, then expanded, 

 fleshy in the center, thin at the margin, silky, smooth, dry, white, 

 more or less stained with umber at the disk ; margin sometimes flexu- 

 ous ; lamelhxi white, close but not crowded, adnexed, narrow, forked ; 

 stipe white, smooth, stuffed with cottony threads, equal, variously 

 branched; spores white, .00024 by .0003 inches; odor and taste 

 pleasant. 



Plant five or six inches high, pileus three or four inches broad, 

 stipe one inch thick ; caespitose. 



I found this plant in Baltimore, on the fourth of October, grow- 

 ing on a brick wall in a dark cellar. The entire bunch measured 

 more than one-half yard in diameter, and contained twenty-three pilei. 



