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EAST AFBICAN FUNGI. 



By Annie Loreain Smith. 



The Fungi included in the following list were collected by Mr. 

 G. F. Scott Elliot, Dr. Gregory, and the Rev. W. E. Taylor, of the 

 Church Missionary Society, Mombasa. Mr. Scott Elliot travelled 

 from Mombasa round the mouth of the Victoria Nyanza to Mt. 

 Euwenzori, and then southwards to the mouth of the Zambesi. He 

 collected all along the route, although most of the specimens are 

 from the high lands of Mt. Ruwenzori. Many species of the 

 Afiaricmea; were unfortunately no longer recognizable when they 

 reached this country. Dr. Gregory collected on the journey from 

 the coast to Mt. Kenia and back again ; a considerable number of 

 the woody Polyporea brought home by him were destroyed by 

 beetles. The specimens sent home by Mr. Taylor were gathered 

 on the Rabai Hills ; among them was the beautiful Polystktus 

 Holstii P. Henn, a new species described in the first part of 

 Prof. Engler's Pfianzenwelt Ost Afrika's, lately published. Mr. 

 Scott Elliot brought home a Crotalaria with iEcidia growing on 

 the leaves, which I have considered identical with jEcidium Cmta- 

 laricB P. Henn. The ^cidia are more scattered than they are in 

 the specimens from Usambara, but the microscopic measurement 

 and the colour of spores and of ^cidia correspond. 



I have to thank Mr. J. B. Carruthers, F.L.S., for assisting me 

 in naming the specimens brought home by Dr. Gregory, and I wish 

 also to express my thanks to the officials of the Botanical Department 

 of the British Museum for their interest and help. Mr. Lister has 

 very kindly named the Mycetozoa. 



Gasteromycetes Willd. 



DicTYOPHOEA PHALLoiDEA Dcsv. Euwcnzori, 6000 ft., Wimi, 

 June, FAliot, 273. — Tropical America, Asia, Australia, New Guinea. 



Cyathus Poeppigii Tul. Ruwenzori, in forests some 8000 ft.. 

 May and June, Elliot, 240. — West Indies, Central and South 

 America. 



Ckucibulum vulgare Tul. Euwenzori, 9000 ft., open dry places, 

 Elliot, 130. — Distribution universal. 



Cycloderma apiculatum, n. sp. Peridio exteriori globoso, 

 rugoso, fuliginoso, apice umbonato, interiori papyraceo, separabili, 

 ochraceo ; columella alba, medio constricta ; gleba^ maturas fila- 

 mentis dilutius fuliginosis ; sporis concoloribus, minutis, sphsericis. 



Hab, Ad terram silvestram, Ruwenzori, 8000 ped. Siccum, 

 circiter 1'5 cm. diam., Elliot, 202. 



Geaster saccatus Fr. Euwenzori, 8000 ft., forest on ground, 

 May, Elliot, 202, 181, 200. — N. and S. America, Australia, Tas- 

 mania. 



Lycoperdon brasiliense Speg. Euwenzori, 8000 ft,, forest. 

 May, Elliot, 145. — Brazil. 



L. constellatum Fr. Yeria, Euwenzori, 8-COOO ft.. May, 

 Elliot, 198. — Europe and N. America. 



