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Reticulation not extending to the edge of the veil ; margin 

 toothed. 



Pileus attached to the apex of stipe, companulate, trun- 

 cate, gleba not extending to apex. Apex consists of a smooth 

 ring surrounding the perforation which is at first closed with a 

 gelatinous membrane which is the inner wall of the indusium. 

 Pileus 5 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter at base. Reticulate 

 pitted after deliquesence. 



Growing among leaves in woods, Spring Valley, Granville, 

 O., Nov. 5, 1893. 



This species is reported by Morgan ; from New York by 

 Peck, Maryland by Miss Banning, Ohio by Lea and Morgan. 

 It is considered quite rare and is little known. 



2. Some Floral Monstrosities. 



The morphological relations of the organs of the flower 

 have been the subject of much discussion and while those rela- 

 tions are quite clearly expressed for the perianth and stamens 

 and carpels there still remains much doubt about the ovules and 

 pollen sac. While it can not be argued that malformations nec- 

 essarily assume the archetypical form and that teratological evi- 

 dence is always conclusive still the fact remains that these abnor- 

 mal expressions of floral development often illustrate more 

 clearly the morphological relations than the normal develop- 

 ment. Striking examples of these modifications are often use- 

 ful in instruction. The following have been observed and 

 entered upon our register as being worthy 

 of notice. As the sepals are more closely 

 related to the leaves in their position on the 

 stem it is to be expected that the rever- 

 sions to type will there be found more 

 common. Fig. i, presents one of these 

 reversions where in the gamosepalous calyx 

 of the Fuchsia one of the limbs has sep- 

 arated from the tube leaving its place vacant and has become 



