Xil INTRODUCTION. 
curious fungi the Clitophilus sinuata smells of burnt sugar, the 
Telamonia sublanatus and T. bulbosus both smell of radishes, the 
Dermocybe cucumis of cucumbers, the D. cinnamomeus of cin- 
namon, and the Micropus suaveolens of anise. The Tricholoma 
myomyces is generally called the “ Mouse-mushroom” on account 
of its mouse-like smell. The Astragalus caprinus, a perennial 
leguminous plant, native of Barbary, smeils of goats. The Orchis 
hircina also smells of goats, and the Orchis coriophora possesses 
the disgusting odour of bugs. The Psoralia bituminosa, which is 
abundant on the mountains of Languedoe, recalls the odour of tar 
or asphalte, the leaves of the Spirea Ulmaria that of carbolic acid. 
The Helleborus fatidus, or “Stinking Hellebore,” used to be 
grown in gardens as an effective remedy for groundworms. ‘The 
Ballota nigra, or “ Black Stinking Horehound,” an herbaceous 
labiate perennial, is often found in temperate climates near towns 
and villages, by the wayside, where it suffers little by beimg 
generally covered with dust; the whole plant is as offensive in 
odour as it is unattractive in appearance. The leaves of the 
Comocladia dentata (“the tooth-leaved maiden plum”) of the 
West Indies are very sensitive to injury ; when bruised they emit 
a sulphurous odour, and birds which happen to break them fall 
asphyxiated, it is only after a considerable time that they can fly 
away. The odour emitted by this tree when wounded has been 
compared to that of dung. It grows in Cuba, where the natives 
believe it is dangerous to sleep under its shade. 
The Anagyris fetida, a leguminous tree found in the South of 
France, Spain, Greece, and Cyprus, is perceptible at a distance by 
its streng odour of human excrements ; stercorarious flies deceived 
by the stench congregate in great numbers about it. ‘The leaves 
possess purgative properties, and are used by the peasantry in 
Greece as senna; they are then called “ pseudo-sinamiko,” false 
senna leaves. In Cyprus they are called Agriophaselo, or wild 
beans, by reason of the appearance of their fruit. Although the 
common name of this tree in English is “ Bean-trefoil,”’ the 
common names in French, German, and Dutch are all indicative 
of its offensive smell. 
