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Tahiti. There are many other edible species used by both Chinese 

 and Malays. The well known Polyporus lucidus is as common as 

 in Europe, and one constantly meets with P. cinnabarimos, Fries, 

 with its brilliant vermilion hymenium. Schizophylhcm commi(.ne 

 is found almost everywhere. Probably there is no plant, and 

 certainly no fungus, so extensively diffused over the world. The 

 Phalloidei are pretty numerous, and as usual conspicuous for their 

 form and colour. Two or three species of Morchella are used for 

 food and perhaps the large truffle-like Mylitta. 



Java has been the best explored for fungi where Junghuhn 

 records 117 species in 40 genera, Nees von Esenbeck and Blume 

 11 species in 3 genera, and Zollinger and Moritzi 31 species in 20 

 genera, making a total of 159 species, of which 47 belong to 

 Polyporus. Leveille added 87 species, making a total of 246 

 species. The fungi of Sumatra, Borneo, and other islands are 

 partly the same and partly allied, but of a similar tropical charac- 

 ter. Cooke is my authority for these figures who quotes Junghuhn, 

 " Premissa in Floram Crypt. Javse," and Zollinger, "Fungi Archi- 

 pelagi Malaijo Neerlandici novi." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Fig. 1. Fruit of Dipterocarpus sp. 

 Fig. 2. Dryobalanops aromaiica, Steud. 

 Fig. 3. Ditto, long section of fruit. 



Fig. 4. Frui 



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Fig. 6. 



Fig. 7. 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 9. 



Figs. 10- n. 



Fig. 12. 



t of Quercus angustata, Bl. 

 Q. glaherrima, Bl. 

 Q. placentaria, Bl. 

 Q. elegans, Bl. 

 Q. rotundata, Bl. 

 Q. induta, Bl. 

 Q. costata, Bl. 

 Q. platycarpa, Bl. 



