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its flowering period is not always later, the writer having collected 

 what is apparently this variety, at least the plants were bright rosy 

 red in color, at Alerrick, Long Island, on July 28, 19 16 (state 

 herbarium). 



Silene anglica L. 



This name has priority over S . g a 11 i c a L., by which name 

 the species has been most commonly known. The rather rare 

 variety with more showy petals which are subentire, deep crimson 

 with a white or pink border (S. quinquevulneraL. Sp. Pi. 

 417- 1753) » should be known as Silene anglica var. quinque- 

 vulnera ( L.) comb. nov. ( S . g a 1 1 i c a var. quinquevul- 

 nera Koch). This variety is occasionally seen in gardens and 

 rarely escapes to waste places. 



Gnaphalium cbtusifolium L. 



var. Helleri (Britton) comb. nov. 



Gnaphalium Helleri Britton, Torr. Club Bui., 20 : 280. 1893 

 G. polycephalum var. Helleri Fernald, Rhodora, 10 : 94. 1908 



Infrequent or rare from central New York westward and south- 

 ward does not appear to be always clearly distinguishable from the 

 common G. obt u si folium L. 



Helianthus decapatalus L. 



The plants collected at Woodlawn, New York City, and described 

 by Britton as H. scrophulariaefolius (Manual 995. 

 1 901) and later considered by Doctor Britton as possibly but a form 

 of H. decapetalus (Illus. Fl. ed. 2, 1913), may for the 

 present be considered as a variety of that species : Helianthus decap- 

 etalus, var. scrophulariaefolius (Britton) comb. nov. The distinct 

 laciniate-serrate character of the leaves serves as its chief distin- 

 guishing feature. 



NEW OR NOTEWORTHY SPECIES OF FUNGI, III 



BY 



JOHN DEARNESS and HOMER D. HOUSE 



Alternaria Solani (E. & M.) Jones & Grout 

 Munnsville, Madison county, on Amaranthus retro- 

 flex us L. H. D. House, October 13. The host plants were 

 growing with Solanum tuberosum L., similarly affected 

 with the " early blight." 



