BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH Xi 
The late Rev. M. J. Berkeley wrote about the genus 
Schizophyllum as follows :—*“ A remarkable genus of gill- 
bearing fungi, in which the coriaceous gills are split through 
their whole length along the central substance or trama, 
the two divisions turning back and becoming involute. 
The pileus is white or slightly tinged with red or amber, 
and is more or less rough, with little bundles of short 
threads, the margin variously lobed, and the surface zoned. 
The species are few in number and essentially tropical, 
S. commune, the most universal of tropical fungi, extend- 
ing, though rarely, into temperate regions. It is one of 
the fungi which frequently make their appearance on 
imported wood in hothouses, and is always in such 
situations a pleasing object. Im a natural situation it 
is one of our rarest fungi, and has been seen by very 
few mycologists. 
“The specimen before you was found upon the seashore 
at the mouth of a rivulet. It had evidently been quite 
recently washed down by the stream. It is well known how 
the fruit of the common Coco-nut Palm (Cocos nucifera) is 
carried by ocean currents to almost every shore in the 
tropics. It would be interesting if some scientist living in 
the tropics could ascertain if the spores of Schizophyllum 
commune would germinate after being immersed for some 
time in sea water. 
“T sent the specimen to Mr. E. M. Holmes, who kindly got 
it named for me by Mr. G. C. Lloyd.” 
A specimen of Agaricus (Lepiota) rhacodes (Vittad.) 
from Forfarshire was sent for exhibition by Mr. PETER 
FENTON. 
Mr. R. L. Harrow showed the following plants in flower 
from the Royal Botanic Garden:—Acacia Bazdleyana, 
Acanthus montanus, Alpinia Sandere, Carissa Arduina, 
Correa speciosa, var. superba, Cypripedium Leeanwm 
giganteum, Eupatorium Weinmannianum, Harden- 
bergia Comptoniana, Moschosma riparium, Oneidium 
leucochilum, Pingwicula. cordata, Restio swbverticillatus, 
Sophronites violacea, Trichopilia sanguinolenta, Thun- 
bergia coccinea. 
