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7. Xylaria Schweinitzii, Berkeley. 



8. Hypocrea fusaroides, Berkeley. 



9. Stereum lobatum, Kunze. 

 To which are to be added : 



10. PoLYPORUS sanguineus, Meyer. 



11. Hirneola Auricula-Jud^, Fries. 

 And a species of 



12. Aseroe (Journ. Bot. xxiii. 353-54). 



The Jew's Ear fungus {Hirneola) is a regular article of export 

 from the Island. It is chiefly collected on Wild Tobacco 

 (Solanum aici'iculaium), Pine {Araucaria exce/sa), and White Oak 

 {Lagunaria Patersonii). The Chinese are said to extract a dye 

 from it; they eat the jelly. 



Mr. A. Grant informs me that an Ag ariais y^ection Pleurotus) 

 is probably referred to in the following passage : — 



*' Being out after dark, we were interested by seeing numbers of a small 

 species of agaric, or mushroom, so luminous as to reflect a shadow on 

 substances'near them. When hekl near a watch, the hour might be distinctly 

 seen, or on being put near the face, the features might be discovered. This 

 remarkable fungus has attained the name of Bluehght, though its radiance is 

 rather green than blue; it grows from decaying sticks or straw, and is very 

 abundant amongst the sugar-canes, as well as in the bush. Its cap is rather 

 convex, covered with mucilaginous matter, and is less than an inch across; 

 the stalk is slender, two or three often grow together; the whole plant is very 

 watery. The brilliancy is greatest m the cap, which shines most on the 

 under side " (Backhouse, p. 275). 



Mr. Boorman and I collected a number of fungi, and Mr. A. 

 Grant, of the Botanic Gardens, informs me that one of them 



13. Lextinus exilis, is new for the Island. 



c. Algae. 



Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, writes: — "Among the Algoi 

 collected by Mr. Robinson, yourself, and Mr. Boorman on Norfolk 

 Islci,nd in Nov., 1902, 1 have been able to determine the following 

 species, viz. : — 



1. Padina pavonia (L.), Lamx. 



