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he should have receded from his position, for it is quite evident 

 that the plant is a Lysurus, and not a Colus in any sense of the 

 word. The arms are entirely separate and spreading when 

 mature. Like all species of Lysurus, they are connivent when 

 young, but they are not joined at the apex, however slightly" 



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In igo8, the present writer redescribed Coins Gardneri in 



"The Phalloideae of Ceylon" (Ann. Perad. iv. pp. 139-184), 



pointing out that the arms are always united at the apex, and 



that the structure of the gleba-bearing area of the arms is 



similar to that of the cap of DictyopJwra irpicina {Clautriavia 



irpicina). Additional details were published in "Further 



Notes on the Phalloideae of Ceylon" (Ann. Perad. v. pp. 1-21). 



In "Synopsis of the known Phalloids" (1909) Lloyd adopts 

 Berkeley's name Lysurus Gardiieri for the Ceylon species. 

 Under "The Genus Lysurus," he writes: "This genus has been 

 very much misunderstood though of a very simple structure. 

 It consists of free arms borne on a hollow columnar stem. The 

 gleba is borne on the arms. It has been shown that in the 

 original species the gleba is borne on the outer side of the arms, 

 hence species with gleba on the inner surface of the arms have 

 been transferred to Anthurus, which genus does not have a 

 columnar stem. I think it is much simpler to define Lysurus 

 as originally defined, viz. : a columnar stem bearing free arms 

 at the apex. With respect to the position of the gleba, there 

 are evidently two series, and a new genus will probably be 

 made for those with the gleba on the inner side of the arms. 

 It has recently been shown by Mr. T. Petch, Ceylon, that the 

 arms of Lysurus Gardneri (which was the second species known) 

 are not entirely free, but are united by a delicate membrane. 

 We would therefore modify the definition of the genus to 

 include species with arms free or very slightly united." 



In the second of the publications referred to above, I have 

 pointed out that the junction of the arms is not a delicate 

 membrane. 



Lloyd's final conclusions on the subject are contained in 

 Mycological Notes, No. 43 (Sept. 1916), p. 594. They are 

 quoted here in full. 



"We present herewith a sketch of Lysurus Gardneri, recently 

 sent us by C. C. Brittlebank, Melbourne. In our Phalloid 

 Synopsis, we presented nine species of Lysurus, and the evidence 

 since is that four of them, viz., Lysurus Gardneri (Ceylon), 

 Lysurus australiensis (Australia), Lysurus horealis (United 

 States), and Lysurus Clarazianus (Argentina) are all one and 

 the same thing. We have believed it for a long time, and there 

 was no longer any room for doubt on the appearance of ' Notes 



